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“THIS IS A BAD IDEA,” Tess said as Danny took her hands to guide her onto the roller rink.
Her skates rolled on the slick surface, sending her into a panic. She braced to go down, but Danny yanked her to him, adjusting his own stance to catch their balance. Somehow, he kept them upright.
Peeking up at him, she gripped him tight, unwilling to let go.
“I can’t believe you never learned to skate,” he said. “It’s like ice-skating, you ever do that?”
Shaking her head, she clung on as he used his strength to pry her nails from his tee-shirt. “Don’t let me go!”
“I’m not going anywhere,” he said. Relinquishing the fabric, her hands leaped to his biceps. “Open your legs.” When her eyes pounced to his, a laugh quickly followed his order. “Okay, yeah, I usually do that for you, but we d
