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There is something incredibly arousing about being wanted. I pulled my hand back and sucked in a deep breath. “Adam,” I said.

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Novelist
Writer
Butte
Montana
Hand
Arousing
Hands
Sucked
Back
Pulled
Wanted
Adam
Something
Incredibly
Breath
Breaths
Deep

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