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For a second, I’m dangling two stories above the gardens, held entirely by his strength. He lowers me slowly, his biceps straining with the weight.

Then, he stops.

I look up, thinking something happened, but Knox hauls me all the way back up until we are face-to-face again, and he grins before leaning in and kissing me.

I pull back, glaring at him, my feet dangling in midair.

“Show-off,” I accuse, though I immediately lean right back in to kiss him again.

“Okay, for real this time,” he chuckles.

“But can you hum my Jasmine song?” I joke, not expecting him to do it, but to my surprise, he does.

“Na, na, na, na na naaaa! Nana na na na, naaaa na.”

I burst out laughing as he lowers me over the edge once more.

This time, he doesn’t stop.

I feel his hands slide along my arms, moving from my armpits to my biceps, then down to my forearms. He holds himself with one hand and bends down as far as he can, buying us every single inch.

“Almost there,” I call up, looking at the floor below. “Another foot and I can let go…”

Knox grits his teeth, letting his grip slide all the way down to my hands.

“Okay! I’m good!”

“Let go on three and bend your knees when you land,” Knox calls down. “One… two… three.”

He lets go.

I drop the last few feet, landing on the second-floor balcony. I look up, the light from the suite illuminating Knox’s silhouette, and give him a triumphant thumbs-up.

“See you at the front entrance!” I blow him a kiss, turn on my heel, and slip inside the open doors of the suite, unaware that someone in the shadows saw the whole thing.

CHAPTER 21

KNOX