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We’re sticky and out of breath, lying tangled together as we wait for our bodies to stop buzzing.

He presses a kiss to the top of my head. “We need a shower before Lexie comes back. I don’t want to meet her like this.”

“We’ve still got an hour.”

“I’m nervous. What if she hates me?”

“There’s no way she’ll hate you. She’s an excellent judge of character and has great taste. She’ll love you.”

My phone blares with an alert, breaking up the moment.

My heart drops, recognizing the sound. It's the one for the new security system, the cameras.

I scramble to grab my phone and pull up the footage, cursing when I see who's outside.

Jareth curses at the expression on my face. “Is it them?"

I nod. “Yeah. And they're pissed."

Chapter Twenty-Five

Moira

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PART OF ME IS TEMPTEDto leave them out there to stew, but I'm worried it'll cause them to damage my place. Better to go ahead and handle this now while we're fresh out of bed, leaving no doubts to what is happening.

Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll decide to cut their losses and leave town.

Unlikely, but one can hope.

At least here, anything they do or say will get caught on camera and recorded, just giving me more fuel for the custody battle I'm expecting.

Jareth and I rush through my place on a hurried scavenger hunt for the clothes we left everywhere.

Once we're decent enough, we head downstairs to the studio where Brad and Nicole are still banging on the door, demanding to be let in.

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