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Zoey shuddered "I can only iine Actually" She wrinkled her nose "I don’t even want to ioes beyond what I could even fathoust her, but it turned me on That probably meant I was a freak Well, yeah, I had to be a freak I wanted Oren Tenning That could not be nors? With him?

I checked the time on my phone Eleven thirty If he truly ht, he’d have to leave soon But he was still here Maybe thisout" He appeared out of nowhere beside et his roommate’s attention

I yelped because I hadn’t even noticed hirowl, I scowled at hi now, because thatKelly The ass

He h I’m not sure what--from my expression, he leaned close to talk intooff that little boy, are you?"

I sniffed and lifted oing let me date anyone without any kind of interference, are you?"

He watchedall his thoughts Then he leaned in again "How about this? If you ever find anyone good enough for you, I will step back and let you at hilare in his direction" Then he leaned even closer "Probleh for the likes of you"

When he reached out slowly and caught a tendril of my hair, the achiest look entered his eyes He studied the lock he was er, and the way he watched it was justI knew that look and recognized it inti fro, yet helpless to take

A shudder wracked me Once upon a time, I’d told Zoey that if I knew for certain Oren really, truly liked me--liked me the way I liked him--I wouldn’t let Noel keep us apart And I’d meant it

I still meant it

"Even you?" I asked him

His eyes flashed at the question "Especially htened before he cast a quick glance toward the bar, as if testing whether my brother could see us or not When he see me, he turned away and strolled off

I stared after hi And that’s when I knew, or at least I convinced myself I knew My theory wasn’t a theory at all; Oren honestly did want me, and he really was an ass toto keep ainst Noel’s wishes

Well, screw that My brother wouldn’t have befriended Oren if he thought he was such a bad guy And Oren had done so rown obsessed with him I swear, the only reason Noel didn’t want me to date his friend was because he didn’t trust me not to otten involved with so like Sander And I wanted hi that he wanted me back h my head

"Live a little, Caroline Find yourself a ht stand, huh? On the heels of her echoing comment, I heard Kelly’s, "He only does it in the dark…I’ht"

"He always leaves his apartht in and down a dark hall to his dark bedrooht crowded into my head, an idea formed It was crazy Insane The worst idea I’d ever had But I couldn’t push it from my mind

I shouldn’t even consider it

Then I did, anyway

Seriously, thoughif I arrived at Oren’s place tonight at twelve o’clock and entered his dark bedroohts off, he’d never knoas ht?

My heart pounded Yeah, that was a crazy idea Too crazy I was going to stop thinking it now

Then again, ould the har fro to dry out and shrivel up, not that I was sure why she was even worried about o away happy Wouldn’t they? Not even Noel could freak out over what happened because he would never be the wiser Oren could still haveit from my brother