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his cock.
That was some gift, she murmured against his neck and giggled.
Honey, I owe you another one because I enjoyed that way too much,
he replied.
She lifted her head and smiled. When we get out of here, come to New
York with me, and I ll show you the city through my eyes. She snuggled
against him. It will be so great, Patrick, you and me in New York for the
New Year.
He was glad she was not looking at him because she would have seen the
frown on his face. Maybe getting her to stay was not going to be in the cards
after all.
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Chapter Seven
All things had to end. Patrick knew this. He closed out his books with a
climatic ending. Movies always had a happily ever, but no matter what the
scenario, all things had an ending. The morning he woke up and the wind
was not howling outside the cabin or buffeting the wood, he knew the storm
had passed.
Coast Guard calling Wolfs Den Four. Coast Guard calling Wolf Den
Four, over. The static from the radio woke her up while he headed across
the room to pick up the receiver. Patrick Vallen, are you there, sir? Please
pick up, Wolf Den Four, over.
Patrick sat at the small desk where he kept the radio in the corner and
flicked the switch before speaking into the receiver. This is Wolf Den Four.
Patrick here. Mike, I keep telling not to call me sir.
Mike Johnson was one of the coat guard s finest in Alaska, and Patrick
had formed a friendship with the man when he had to do research for his last
book.
The laugh came across mixed with static. It s the formality of the job,
Patrick. What s the status of your guest, Ms. Huette?
Zariya& I mean Ms. Huette is doing well, Patrick responded. He
looked over to where she sat in the bed, and she gave him a wink.
Well we got a break in the weather, so we can get a chopper up there to
you by the morning.
Patrick hesitated to answer, but when he glanced at Zariya again she was
nodding frantically in excitement. The look of pure joy did nothing but put a
lump of coal in his chest. Was she in that much of a hurry to get out of
there? He thought over the last few weeks they had formed something good
and lasting, but maybe he was wrong.
The lady is saying yes to transport, Patrick affirmed.
Great. We ll pick up at zero nine hundred in the morning. We have
another system moving in fast, and that would be the only time we can pick
her up before the window closes, Mike informed him.
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Roger that, over and out, Patrick said and flipped the switch on the
radio.
From the time he shut the radio off her squeal echoed in the loft. We re
going to New York! She held out her hand to him, and when he came to
stand next to the bed, she wrapped her arms around him in a big hug. I can
still make the last two events for my new scent. We ll have to get you a tux
when we get there. Oh my God, you re going to look gorgeous in a tux! Me
and you baby on the town dancing the night life and the new year s parties.
It took a minute for her to see he was not answering. She looked up at
him with a question in her eyes. You are happy to be going, right?
What if I don t want to go, Zariya? What if I want us to stay right here?
he asked in a subdued tone.
She gave a soft laugh. You re serious? You want us to stay here in this
seclusion?
Yes. He cupped her cheeks. Let me show you Alaska the way I see it,
honey.
I ve seen Alaska, Patrick. Why can t you say yes to coming with me?
she implored. I understand you had a bad experience&
His laugh was harsh. Is that what you call it, a bad experience? I left that
city for a reason. Why would I want to go back?
For me, the same way you want me to stay here. Why can t you come
with me? she asked. What about my job?
I didn t think that far ahead. I was thinking that we d have time to figure
it all out here, Patrick admitted honestly.
You only saw your needs and wanted to live out here like a hermit, she
snapped. He saw anger flare in her eyes. You want me to make a big
concession for you, but you re unwilling to do the same. So this relationship
is supposed to be one-sided in your favor?
I m not saying that. You re different than those people, but I don t want
to go to the city and&
And what I become one of those simpering bitchy women who only
think about clothes and parties and putting you in a tux, she finished for
him.
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I m not saying that! he said in frustration. This was going all wrong,
and he tried to get the conversation back on track. Listen, our relationship is
so new. I think we need time alone to get it to a good place. Maybe in the
spring we could go.
She tapped her finger on her chin. So tell me. What about my campaign,
the hard work for my perfume line, and the accreditation that comes with
it?
He gentled his voice. Honey, do you really need to be there?
Don t use that passive aggressive BS on me, Patrick. I have had enough
people in my life try that and fail miserably. She climbed off the bed, and
her hands were fists at her side. You can write your books from a tree in
Timbuktu and still sell millions of copies and stay out of the limelight. It s
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