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“Richard, would you help Ava from the tree, please?” Alexander asked as he ledslightly away.
“Maybe you should put tree-climbing skills on your resume,” Alexander joked. “I never would have guessed that
would be an ability of yours.”
Despite my earlier embarrassment, his good mood was cont
We laughed together, and the earlier tension between us felt like it had never happened. It was always so
strange tohow up and down my relationship was with Alexander. | never knew what kind of mood this man
would be in.
To my surprise, Gai cout of the house, too, and Alexander asked her to help Kelly and Aiden out of the
riverbank.
Soon, Kelly and Aiden were cleaning their muddy shoes off with a hose in the front yard, and | walked over to
Gai, who was wiping her hands on her jeans.
“Did you see Alexander helpout of the tree?” | whispered to her.
“Yeah, | was watching through the window.”
“Did I look as stupid as | felt?” | asked, even though | was afraid of what she would say.
It took her longer than it should to formulate her answer, and my stomach clenched with nerves.
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“You looked...cute,” Gai finally said diplomatically.
Damn it. | knew that was code, for | had made a fool out of myself. Gai was just trying to break it tonicely.
Alexander and Ava were standing a few feet away from us. They seemed to be facing off. Their postures were
stiff, and they had their arms crossed.
“What are you guys doing here?” Alexander asked. “You're pretty far away from the hotel,”
“We're here for an outing,” Ava answered evasively and lifted her chin. “Why are you here?”
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“I'm visiting a friend,” Alexander answered a little too quich
“Well, thanks for your help with the dog,” Ava said “But we must get going. Things to do, people to see and all
that.”
“Are we ready to go to my uncle’s house?” Kelly asked.
Ava nodded and led her brother in the direction that Kelly had started to walk in.
| began to follow after them, but a deep voice called my name. The sound made my heart slam against my
chest.
Alexander still had something to say to me.
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Alexander gestured forto follow him under the shade of the tree that Ava and | had just climbed.
For a moment, we stared at each other. | tried to read the expression on his face and the deep emotion in his
eyes, but like usual, he was good
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at hiding his inner thoughts and feelings from me.
“Despite my joking around, it was very dangerous of you to climb that tree,” Alexander murmured, his eyes
scanning my face and my body as if he were looking for injuries. “You could have fallen and broken your neck.”
His words made my eyes widen with
shock. If | didn't know any better, |
would think that he was worried.
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me. In in between with him.
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screaming atto wrap my arms
around Alexander's strong body,
press him close LS meandTinish
whatwd bared in the hotel room.
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good reason. And | couldn't just ditch
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“I'll be more careful,” | muttered and averted my eyes to the ground. “I have to go.”
Then I turned and | ran to catch up with my friends before I did anything I could regret.
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My body was screaming in protest the farther away | got from Alexander's mysterious dark eyes and inviting
body heat.
Once | caught up with Ava, | grabbed her hand and pulled her faster away. “Hurry,” | urged her.
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