Burning Passion: Love Never Die

“Oh,

I guess! If you must, you must!” he said.

“Huh?”

Blair couldn’t make head or tail of what he said. But she soon knew what he meant. Within two minutes, the soldiers all swarmed in like buzzing bees.

“Whoa, small world! Fancy meeting you here, Chief!” one soldier uttered.

“No wonder Chief turned us down. He’s on a date,” a second teased.

“Chief, why don’t you introduce us?” a third complained.

“Hi, I’m—” Before he could finish, another soldier nudged him aside and said to Blair, “Hi, we’ve met before. I

enthusiasm overwhelmed Blair. She swallowed her food quickly to

Wesley’s girlfriend. I bought him dinner to thank him for

other and snickered, as if Blair were joking. They didn’t buy it

Talbot didn’t believe her. Nor

‘s L I B R A R

Blair, don’t be

Talbot said.

can we

reply. He put the peeled shrimp on Blair’s plate and wiped his hands. The soldiers widened their

so thoughtful. When we ate

heard them, not

Wesley called the