The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Tane just couldn't bear to let go. "I want to stay with you a little longen."

Haughed and replied, "But I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere. Zane, you still need to make money andcare for Willow. What will your inany employees do if you get lost in love and stop paying attention to the company? Inally, Zane velictantly let go of me. But before returning to his desk, he pulled me into his arms do another deep ki

After he left, 1 looked at the computer screen. I knew how to plowed with the next part of the daing news,

Then on. I focused on sketching the thes

Once I finished, I tuned around I was surprised to find Zane sequely watching we, and i walked over to him, "Don't you feel like working right now?- "I've finished today's tasks," he replied.

day together. How does that sound?"

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Though I found in a hole amusing, I decided to indulge him. "Ok"

thrilled and beaned in to kiss me

door was pushed open, and Zane's

to shield me from being seen "Temember to knock next time when you

what it's like in

this how couples behave nowadays? Honestly, she felt a bit

voce, I

let a man sweet talk you and then allow him to kiss and hug you surprised. "How do you know so much about

immediately. "It's simple. I'm jealous of you. I just made it up to try and get you to keep your

I'm the one being intimate with you, then forget everything

the man I told you about before? The one who said he wanted to date

remembered "What kind of trouble

ipaka with apparent disdain. "He realized that offering to arrange a marriage didn't work, so now he Inuows bow to judge

projects to my

dad