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Clare, there's no chance in hell I would ever believe you're frigid." Her heart began to race. "No?" His gaze went to her mouth, and then back to her eyes. "Not with the way you look at me." She swallowed, her body vibrating at the intensity of his gaze, and the weight of his hand as he caressed her neck. "How do I look at you?" she whispered, her voice too breathy. "Exactly how I want you to."
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What in Satan's slightly misguided obsession with Journey happened to this office?" Astrid demanded"
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Thano just grinned and held out his arms. "You can stop pretending you don't want to hug me. I can do the man-hug thing without losing my raw, manly sex appeal. Everything is beautiful, and all that, right?"
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Randy rolled his eyes. "Oh sure. She said 'bork dee jork de spork' a few times. Of course it was difficult to get all of that, being as it was in an ancient Swedish chef language and all. It took me back to my Muppet watching days. Not to mention it was being shouted by one of those dementors from Harry Potter. The damned thing probably showed up here because it's out of work, ever since that series ended."
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now, and it's not the one that
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No. You do not get to choose how others love you. All you can do is honor their choice if they bless you with their love." She"
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Whatever happened to the good old days, when a man was in charge and the women just made sandwiches all nice and quiet in the kitchen?" Nash barked a laugh, slapping Gus on the back. "I think they went the way of floggings at high noon, my man. As in kaput."
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Brandy L Rivers
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The thing is, Ian, life is too short. Not only is it brief, but it's full of so many hard things that there's never a time to breathe or recover. So, when you get a moment like this, you have to drink it into your soul to sustain yourself when all that's around you is darkness." She sighed. "I was so stressed down there that I forgot about slowing down and appreciating each moment that I have. This moment is a blessing, and I need to notice..
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Love." She said the word as if she'd never heard it before. "What would I do with love?" "I don't know. Enjoy it?" She sighed. "It's too dangerous to enjoy. It's kind of like sucking on a poisonous thorn and trying to enjoy the flavor. Not that easy."
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Crud. What was she supposed to do? Protect herself or the pretzels?
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humor
dilemmas
pretzels
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Too much hope breaks you," she replied, unable to keep the ache out of her own heart. "If you believe too much, the crash is too hard--"
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Mine to you. Yours to me. Bonded by blood, by spirit and by soul, we are one. No distance too far, no enemy too powerful, no sacrifice too great. I will always find you. I will always protect you. No matter what the cost. I am yours as you are mine.
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You will get in touch with your emotions if I have to carve them out of you. You give the angel what she wants. Now.
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No one owns me," she said. "No one. No matter what binds me. No matter what shackles hold me. No matter what I am compelled to do. I am the only one who holds my heart."
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And he wanted to march right in there and do it again.
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