She threw up her hands. "All right. Why not?" Why not?" Sure." His arms fell to his sides. "That's it? I pour my heart out. I love you so much I've got freakin' tears in my eyes. And all I get in return is 'Why not'?" What did you expect? Am I supposed to fall all over you just because you've finally come to your senses?" Would it be too much to ask?"...He'd begun to glare at her again, his eyes growing stormier by the minute."When do you think you might be ready? To fall all over me, that is.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsBut even as she told herself that, she remembered the way Cal had looked today with his shirt off while heโd stood on the ladder and scraped the side of Annieโs house. Watching those muscles bunch and flex every time he moved had made her crazy and sheโd finally grabbed his shirt, thrown it at him, and delivered a stern lecture on the depletion of the ozone layer and skin cancer.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips[Bobby Tom] finally understood Gracie's function in his life. She was God's joke on him.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips[Kenny] leaned back against the counter and studied the other man. โSo Dex, howโs come youโre still alive to tell the tale?โ Dexter wiped up a small coffee spill, the sat on the stool next to Torie. โAll Iโm prepared to say is that your sister and I slept together, and, since I compromised her, I intend to marry her.โ Torie dropped her forehead and banged it three times against the countertop. โYou are such a geek.โ โDoesnโt sound like sheโs too enthusiastic about it,โ Kenny said.
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