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gure in the hallway for three full seconds befo
creen, his breath hitching as he traced my str
ree-hundred-percent increase in tensile threshold while shaving off twenty per
trogen during the rapid-cooling phase," I answer
as if I had just turned lead into so
er, the heavy glass
d into the room, moving with the flu
f thick, unruly dark hair and sharp, chiseled featur
settled over the room
s voice was a deep, gravelly baritone that vibrated right through t
owing a level of deference I had never seen
performance evaluator. He needs to verify your tactical integration skills
g the stranger up and down.
istance between us until I had to til
nd sheer physical mass of a top-tier varsity athlete. I could
ason," he said, tapping a single, calloused knuckle against my desk. He leaned i
you still read an ice sheet witho
ving a single inch. "Dedric couldn't find an open lane
is jacket. The brief contact shot a spark of electricity over my skin, but I ignore
slider to the final min
blade," I said, using a digital pen to trac
ver because of uneven grinding. An aggressive forward cutting at this precise f
went dea
ted back down to my lips, and finally up to my eyes. A flare of inte
opping to a husky whisper that made my stomach flutter. He
s cap back down, turned on his hee
, my heart beating slig
e hockey," Hayes replied vaguely, wiping sweat from his forehead. "Get h
e master suite at Eastshire Estate, surroun
rtha supervised as
armor, its high neckline contrasting with a daring, low-
essing room carrying a b
ond collar featuring a flawless twenty-carat royal blue d
ctually owns the ice," Jared said, faste
up to the grand entrance of the B
Choo heels touched the red carpet, a barrage of f
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