Page 160 of Smolder

Theo was right. They had so much feeling and so little knowing. The heartbreaking, life-defining forever soulmate true love?

Time to find out.

They walked hand in hand to her bedroom, and the future, which might be forever.

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In Noah’s office, a lonely piece of paper was stuck between the file cabinet and the wall. It had survived Erin’s tirade and Noah’s file throwing incident.

FIRE CHIEF NOAH BAKER,

I am heartened to hear you are abandoning your efforts to weaken the Cleveland Fire Department. The addition of women into the sacred brotherhood of firefighting is a disgrace. Should you continue with the ridiculous plan to recruit more women, you and the city will be very sorry. Very, very sorry.

Consider this your warning.

To be continued inHigh Risk, Inferno, and Compromised. . .

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