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  “Yeah.” Dwayne smiled.

  “So where’re you guys going?” Malik joined the conversation.

  “Puerto Rico.”

  A few of William’s men nodded their approval as they gathered around Dwayne.

  “Are you going to continue your practice here when you get back?”

  Dwayne became curious. “Yes.”

  William draped his arm around Dwayne’s shoulder. “Well, we were wondering if you could handle a few of our cases.”

  Dwayne laughed while shaking his head. “We’ll talk about it when I get back.”

  “Cool.” William smiled.

  When Sonya appeared from the elevator, dressed in a pearl-colored pantsuit, Dwayne rushed over to her to take her things. A crowd gathered once again to throw more rice at them. They rushed from the Sundial Motel arm in arm and into the waiting limousine.

  Once inside they turned and waved goodbye to the fading crowd.

  “I’m glad that’s over,” Sonya said, slumping against Dwayne.

  Dwayne hugged her closer to him. “Now it’s just you and me for the next two weeks.”

  “Mmm, two weeks of fun in the sun.”

  “Sun?” Dwayne asked, shocked. “I don’t think so, Mrs. Hamilton. I don’t plan on letting you out of that bed.”

  “Oh? I don’t have a say in this?”

  “No.”

  “Can’t I plead my case?”

  “You don’t have a case, Mrs. Hamilton. I plan to leave you totally defenseless.”

  “Oh,” Sonya moaned as he captured her lips in a passionate kiss that promised her more to come.

  DEFENSELESS

  An Arabesque novel published by Kimani Press/April 2008

  First Published by Kensington Publishing Corp. in 1997

  ISBN: 978-1-4268-1526-3

  Copyright © 1997 by Adrianne Byrd

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