Guarded Heart

Seeing her relax, Vaughn reached out and closed his hand around her slender fingers, which were still resting on his tie.

"It looks pretty good like this," he said softly. "It doesn't have to be perfect. Sometimes a little flaw gives it character."

Sloane looked up at him, catching her reflection in his dark, bottomless eyes, and felt a sudden ache in her nose, overwhelmed by emotion.

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