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124. The Big Day – Part 2 

Author: Aimee Lane
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~ RIG ~

I was bleary-eyed, exhausted, exhilarated, and… horny as fuck.

It was a good thing Natalie had come to the door and woken us. If I’d had any time with Cara alone that morning I would have said to hell with the plans, locked the door, and not let her out until she was mine.

Her stand-off with Natalie the night before had had my blood boiling in my veins. The planning and organization—not to mention the hovering threat of what my father would do if he found out what I was up to—had been a useful distraction. Then watching Cara drag her ass into bed the night before, barely able to keep her eyes open… well…

The way she’d thrown herself into my arms and immediately fallen asleep had curbed any ideas I might have been brewin

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