Chapter 124 The Stones‘ Request

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Chapter 124 The Stones‘ Request

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Baron’s voice was still hoarse, his body tense. “Do you really think I’m fit to go out there like this?”

Natalie’s face burned hotter. She must have been crazy, letting herself get swept up in his pull like that. Crazy, and yet… she couldn’t deny the truth. After that night they’d spent together, her body no longer knew how to push him away.

And they had children together. Maybe this was natural. Maybe it was allowed.

She cleared her throat, voice dropping to a mutter. “I don’t care–just go handle it.”

Her tone was stubborn, but Baron only found it endearing.

“Fine. Freshen yourself up. I’ll step out first.” He drew in a long breath, wrestled himself back under control, and finally opened the door.

“I heard you,” he growled through clenched teeth.

Susie blinked up at him, craning her neck to peer past his legs. “Daddy, what were you doing? Why’d it take so long to open the door? Where’s Mommy? I want Mommy!”

“She just had her stitches removed. She needs rest. You’re coming with me.”


Before Susie could wiggle further inside, Baron scooped her up by the collar and carried her

out.

off the blanket, gulping in air. Her skin was

beauty was a trap. She had things to do, goals to

pushed herself up,

The first few lines trembled, but they

inflicted was a wound she couldn’t forget. But now? He had given

him. A gesture of gratitude. Later, she’d ask Baron what that eccentric man might

was to return as Sunny,

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Jensen and Luke Corp. She would tear that chapter apart and design anew–jewelry

as she

Susie down the hall. Shauna, trying to slip away, was

“Where’s Sean?”

working through the last

her arms. “Keep her

You get to be with Mommy, but I can’t? Not

as noisy as you,” Baron said

me! I’ll tell

as Shauna carried

curved despite himself. The taste of Natalie still lingered. She hadn’t resisted. She’d wanted it, at

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