Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (59 page)

M
y
body
t
r
e
m
b
le
d
w
it
h
h
i
s
t
ou
c
h.
T
he
k
i
ss,
h
i
s
cl
os
e
n
e
ss,
h
i
s
k
i
s
s
provok
e
d so
m
et
h
i
ng
i
ns
i
de
of
m
e
t
h
a
t
ca
us
e
d
m
e
t
o
forg
e
t
for
a
m
o
m
e
nt
al
l
a
round
m
e
.
W
h
e
n
he broke
from
m
e
,
I
s
ta
r
e
d
up
a
t
h
i
m
i
n
s
ho
c
k.
I
wou
l
d
h
a
ve
s
te
pp
e
d
b
ac
k
but
h
i
s
a
r
m
s
h
el
d
m
e
ti
gh
t
l
y
.

“
I
do
n
’t
w
a
nt
y
ou
t
o
f
all
.”

M
y
e
y
e
s
w
i
d
e
n
e
d
w
it
h
f
a
s
ci
n
ati
on
of
t
he
d
e
p
t
h
of
f
eeli
ng
he
e
vok
e
d
w
it
h
i
n
m
e
. F
i
n
al
l
y
,
how
e
v
e
r,
I
r
eali
z
e
d
he
w
a
s
p
l
a
y
i
ng
w
it
h
m
e
.
“Le
t
go,”
I
s
ai
d.
“
Y
ou
m
a
y
do
t
h
i
s of
te
n.
But
I
w
il
l
not
be
t
r
eate
d
su
c
h.
I
m
a
y
l
ook
a
s
t
hough…”

He
shook
h
i
s
h
ea
d,
t
h
e
n
k
i
ss
e
d
m
e
a
g
ai
n.
“
I
h
a
ve
n
e
v
e
r
done
t
h
i
s
b
e
for
e
,
nor
w
a
n
te
d
t
o
w
it
h
a
n
y
o
n
e
el
s
e
.
I
t
o
l
d
y
ou
I
w
a
n
te
d
t
o
tal
k
w
it
h
y
o
u.
I
w
a
nt
t
o
und
e
rs
ta
nd
al
l
t
h
a
t
y
ou
h
a
ve
b
ee
n
t
hrough
for
t
he
la
st
four
y
e
a
rs.
It
m
a
y
w
el
l
h
a
ve
b
ee
n
four
y
e
a
rs,
but
I r
emem
b
e
r
w
el
l
t
he
pow
e
r
s
urg
i
ng
t
hrough
y
o
u
.
And
i
n
al
l
i
t
m
a
y
show
c
on
ceit
,
but
I b
elie
ve
w
el
l
t
h
a
t
y
ou
a
re
s
t
rong
e
r
w
it
h
m
e by
y
o
ur
s
i
d
e
.”

“
I
do
n
’t
und
e
rs
ta
nd
wh
a
t
y
o
u
a
re
s
a
y
i
n
g.”

“
I
’m
s
a
y
i
n
g
I
w
it
n
e
ss
e
d
a
E
u
c
houn
al
m
ost
d
e
s
t
roy
t
he
e
n
ti
re
Ro
y
a
l
U
n
i
t
w
it
h
one b
la
st
wh
e
n
I
t
ou
c
h
e
d
h
e
r.
I
fought
al
ong
s
i
de
of
h
e
r
wh
e
n
she
h
el
p
e
d
d
e
s
t
roy
a
n Ar
ac
hn
i
d
ae
ns
lea
d
e
r.
I
h
a
ve
dr
ea
m
e
d
of
a
g
i
rl
i
n
a
m
i
st for
y
e
a
rs.
I
h
a
ve
f
el
t
a
pu
l
l
t
ow
a
rd so
m
et
h
i
ng
I
ca
n’t
e
xp
lai
n
un
ti
l
I
s
a
w
y
o
u
w
h
e
n
y
o
u
s
a
v
e
d
y
o
ur
s
i
s
te
r.
D
i
d
y
ou
not
h
ea
r
m
e wh
e
n
I
calle
d
t
o
y
o
u? I
d
i
d
not
sp
ea
k
a
w
ord,
but
y
o
u
h
ea
rd
m
e
.
D
i
dn’t
y
ou
?
”

I
s
ta
r
e
d
s
t
r
a
ng
e
l
y
a
t
h
i
m
.
I
nodd
e
d
on
l
y
.
I
h
a
d
h
ea
rd
t
he
w
ords
a
nd
t
rus
te
d
h
i
m
.
“
I d
i
d,
but
i
n
all
,
Cono,
I
know
al
l
I
h
a
ve
b
ee
n
t
r
ai
n
e
d
t
o
do.
Your
wor
d
s…Joh
a
nn
e
s
s
a
y
s
t
h
a
t
I’m
t
oo
n
aï
v
e
.
I
w
il
l
not
be
us
e
d.
I
kn
o
w
wh
a
t
m
y
purpose
i
s
a
nd
w
il
l
c
o
m
p
l
et
e
it
…”