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"I don’t wear leather pants," he said, biting into the garlicky and buttery goodness

And that was a damn shame "Still You have the look"

He rolled his eyes "You just like me for my body Admit it"

"Well, yeah…"

His lashes lifted and his eyes glittered like jewels "I feel likeBut then he asked a question I hadn’t expected "What are you going to do about college?"

I blinked College? Sitting back, aze dropped to the small flao to one near a buttload of quartz--"

"You just broke a rule," he re a half smile

I rolled e?"

He shrugged "Haven’t decided yet"

"You’re running out of ti like Carissa, who loved to remind me of that every time we talked

"Actually, we’ve both run out of time, unless we do a late acceptance"

"Okay Rule-breaking aside, how is it possible? Do online classes?" He shrugged again, and I sort of wanted to stab hie that has…a suitable environ off the conversation while the waitress grated cheese over Daemon’s plate She eventually offered me some And the moment she left, I pounced "So, do you?"

Knife and fork in hand, he started cutting into a piece of lasagna the size of a truck "The Flatirons"

"The what-a-what?"

"The Flatirons is a mountain just outside of Boulder, Colorado" He cut hishabits, while I was slopping hetti around my plate "They are full of quartzite Not as well-known or as visible as some places, but they are there, under several feet of sedihetti in daintier bites "What does that have to do with anything?"

He peered up through sooty lashes "University of Colorado is about two miles from the Flatirons"

"Oh" I chewed slowly and then suddenly o to school?"

There was another shrug "Colorado isn’t a bad place I think you’d like it"

Staring at hiht he was getting at? I didn’t want to jump to conclusions, and I was too afraid to ask, because he could be suggesting that it was a place I’d like to visit versus living there…with hi

Hands cold, I set down my fork What if Dae on the assumption that he wouldn’t leave here Ever And I’d accepted, on a subconscious level, being stuck here,another place that was protected froaze dropped tohere because of Daeht? He’s never said he loves you, an insidious and annoying voice whispered Not even after you’ve said it

Ah, the stupid voice had a point

Out of nowhere, a breadstick tapped the tip of arlic salt rained down

Daeers, brows arched "What were you just thinking about?"

I brushed off the cru sensation filled my stomach, and I forced a smile "I…I think Colorado sounds nice"

Liar, said his expression, but he went back to his food Strained silence descended between us, which was a first I forcedhappened With Dae to different subjects, like his obsession with all things ghost-related, I was having fun again

"Do you believe in ghosts?" I asked, chasing after the last of my noodles

He cleared his plate, sat back, and sipped frolass "I think they exist"

Surprise flickered through host shows for entertainuy yells, ‘Dude! Bro!’ every five seconds" He shed "But in all seriousness, it can’t be is that can’t be explained"

"Like too rinned

"Exactly" He set down his glass "Except the UFOs are total bunk Govern Objects"

My mouth dropped open Why was I even surprised?

Rhonda appeared with our check, and I was reluctant to leave The whole date thing was a way too briefAs we headed to the front of the restaurant, I wanted to grab his hand and wrap ers around his, but I refrained Dae?