Chapter 18
Linly
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KADE BEING IN THE ROOM during this meeting made me more nervous than I thought I'd be. I knew there was a reason I didn’t want him here, too late for that now. As we walked into the mayor's office, he rubs his hand up my back, trying to calm me, but it has the opposite effect.
It sets my nerves on fire, and my body is highly aware of his every move. My n*****s strain against my b*a, turned on by him just being next to me. I take a deep breath and try to push all that away, but instead, I can smell him more, his woodsy scent mixed with the salt air from being here. Apparently, that is all my body needs to betray me.
"Okay, Ms. Prescott, let's hear what you have to say," the mayor says once we are in the meeting room.
"I don't have to tell you how important Ma
