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Letting out a deep sigh of frustration, I finished applying eplanned out forI&039;d spoken to Anna earlier in the day about our dinner plans The only thing thatat so Stefan and Lukas would

I rolled ht of how excited Lukas was about going out as a group He was as giddy as a school girl going on her first date, bouncing with enthusias hts drifted back to the events earlier in the day, h the tousled waves of ain the Extended Hand-to-Big-Toe pose,body was stretched languidly in the lounge chair facing lass covered eyes observed every ed a word but the air was heavy with controlled lust He never took his eyes off of aze heated as I moved from one pose to the next More than once I&039;d seen hih his shorts

Lukas appeared on the patio beside of my mat "So this is why Stefan can&039;t stay away from you I didn&039;t think humans could be that flexible"

"Lukas" The solitary word co from Stefan&039;s lips resonated with quiet power Lukas pursed his lips, ilanced over to see Lukas and Stefan&039;s eyes locked in a silent conversation Lukas finally gave into hiue out at Stefan defiantly

"Josie, are you finished doing your contortion routine? Will you co up an octave in his exciteleaet this over with instead of dragging it out

"Go with him, vackra Resistance is futile"

My head snapped around to stare at Stefan,Star Trek now?"

A quiet laugh shook his broad chest He crossed his arms behind his head and reclined further in the chair, thewith the movement A broad smirk broke across his chiseled face

"There is ue"

Snorting, I lowered round I bent over and rolled up theit on a small table I put my hands on my hips in mock annoyance and hts

"Technically you&039;re not a &039;h about you to safely say you&039;re full of sance"

Lukas was a blur ofwith hi to keep up with his speed and long strides as he draggedbehind him

He pushedto a pile of bags on the bed An i across his handsos? Lukas" I said, a frown darkening ave hiames with him

Lukas drah "Not the bags, Josie Letide eyes,color and style out of the bags I lost track of the nuasping as I watched him start to stack shoe boxes on the floor My eyes took note that all of the tags and boxes were froners and stores

"Lukas, what the hell is all of this?" I sweptstacked on the bed He was digging through yet another bag, stopping to glance up at me with a look of exasperation on his refined face

"I was so excited yesterday that I went shopping with Anna You need dressier clothing, Josie You can&039;t live in tank tops and yoga pants," Lukas said pointedly, his eyes critically sweeping over my outfit

Stunned by his bluntness, I walked with trepidation to the edge of the bed, eying the clothes with confusion My fingers drifted over the piles of clothing and I felt the flush of anger spread across my face

"Why do I need all of this, Lucas? I have plenty of clothes and the last thing I need is a personal shopper," I h clenched teeth

Lucas sat down on the edge of the bed, crossing his legs and staring at ers around his knee He turned his head to the side, silently staring at me A small smile touched his thin lips

"You need this fora half of a life and hiding from who you are for some reason And you don&039;t have to tellHis eyes became distant as if lost in a memory "I can relate to you in many ways I was considered an outcast when I was a hu a ho to be when I was a human Stefan saw past that and chose to be ether so I thought we should also be friends"

I unclenched htly on the leg with my hand He looked at lanced away to focus his attention on a shoe box

"Lukas, you don&039;t need to buy ht, I do It&039;s really not necessary," I said, trying to ry at hi and ienuine

"Stefan is truly happy for the first time since I&039;ve known him, Josie You have to understand how happy that I aether And sweetheart, I didn&039;t buy you anything You can thank Mr Romance and his Black American Express card for your neardrobe" His cool hand coveredacross the rooandresses and blouses on hangers Our little heart to heart chat was apparently over and I was left wondering why Stefan had decided to purchase me a neardrobe

He ca as if he&039;d read o, Josie What&039;s done is done He loves you and he&039;d give you the o get that hot body of yours in the shower and get ready I&039;ll get an outfit ready for you"

Shakinginto the bedrooreen dress draped across the bed Picking it up carefully, I th mirror I carefully pulled the chiffon fabric overmy breasts in the ruched bodice of the strapless dress

My fingers were reaching for the zipper when I heard Stefan approaching I s to lean against the door frame I heard his sharp intake of breath as his eyes th ofit away from the zipper

He pressed off of the fra to stand behind e hands pulled the zipper slowly up the fabric of the dress and his blue eyes locked on ered on ainst the nape of my neck I shivered from the feel of his hands on my skin, cool and sensual

"It is a pity to see your body covered, even if you do look beautiful Every man ant to take you home with hi youho He stretched out on the bed, his dark jeans snug over hishis sculpted chest exposed

"It&039;s a good thing I love an incredibly sexy vao, Stefan We could just stay hereyou could just unzip this dress and we could just forget about going out" I said, doing my best to sound sexy and persuasive as th of his body on the bed behind me

Stefan raised an eyebrow in aed s you out of that incredibly sexy dress, we both agreed"

"I know, I know," Ito hate it when he was right

And as o, even I had to adht above ht places It had a thin, black silk belt that tied in the front of the dress around the waist The deep green of the dress made my eyes almost luminous and my reddish-blond hair shine

"I cannot wait to see what you have on underneath the dress, vackra I a it off of you later"

I felt a rosy blush creep acrossas I visualized hi the dress from my body with his powerful hands

"You need to stop with the sexy talk, Romeo"

I heard him chuckle as I sat down on the bench at the end of the bed I slipped on strappy black sandals that crisscrossed around , close to four inches high Standing up, I s a last look in the mirror

"What do you think?" I questioned,his in the reflection of the mirror

"Turn around, Josephine" Stefan&039;s voice was deep and costare His blue eyes darkened instantly and his gaze slid slowly and seductively doard, lingering onto stand in front of ainstup at him, I realized that with these heels on I wasainst his sue flicked out to lick the shell of his ear teasingly His body shuddered slightly against htly

"It is obvious I want to fuck you, vackra Why are you tee your ers dropped to rub against the front of his jeans, feeling the hardness of his cock against my hand I continued to kiss and lick his neck, h the heavy denihtly scraping his fangs against th of ainst ainst ue into his ripped ers roughly tugged on the zipper, letting the dress slide down to rest aroundhis shirt over his shoulders when the bedroo loudly as he blurred to stand beside of us

"Fucking hell! Josie, Anna and Georgia are downstairs You need to get your ass downstairs before Mr Ro to pick up Stefan&039;s shirt and tossing it to hi the zipper back into place, takinght with their hand in the cookie jar

I uselessly tugged at the iron-like grip he had on my wrist "Did anyone ever tell you that you&039;re a cock blocker, Lukas?" I huffed as alked down the stairs Lukas chose to ignorea hose to separate us since we acted like ere in heat

"It does no good to try to insult him, vackra I love you" His ravation

"I love you too I&039;reed we let Mr Cock Blocker talk us into a fun night out"

Lukas didn&039;t release the grip he had on ia and Anna aiting, both of their eyes wandering around the large roo out an excited squeal and almost ran to tackle , huh?" Georgia asked as she huggedia"

She releasedoversain I can&039;t wait to hear how this happened"

I ondering if it was too late to ia&039;s flood of questions

"Can you save the interrogation for the car ride, Georgia? I&039;ry My bitch level rises draia&039;s elbow to lead her to the door Trailing along behind thelanced back to see Stefan on the stairs above A s his handso, vackra I will see you soon Be safe"

My lips curved into an unconscious s with tears I sent hie "Please hurry I don&039;t kno long I can do this without you"

"Josie!" Anna&039;s voice broke into our silent conversation She was i out a frantic rhythm of the floor "You&039;ll see him in two hours Can you tear yourself away from him to actually spend some time with us?"

Guilt stabbed atthose dark days when I wasStefan&039;s disappearance The least I could do was spend time with my two friends and attempt to have fun

"I&039;rinned in triuia&039;s car together I was buckling my seat belt when I heard Anna&039;s voice from the back seat "If you think you&039;re off the hook for abandoning us for days, you&039;re crazy"

Closing ainst the head rest of the car seat There was no escape noas a willing captive to their oncoia let out a loud peal of laughter as she started her car, roaring down the driveway I didn&039;t have to be psychic to knoas going to be a long night

We were sitting at a small table in the corner of Ku De Ta, a local hot spot in Se was a beautifully decorated restaurant and the back was a ht club It was exactly the place I usually avoided due to the large crowds of people I&039;d have to work harder to keep out the visions and emotions since this was onmy er than nor that only an occasional a vision wouldemotions were easier than ever forto tuck away for h dinner and both Georgia and Anna had both been a and men they&039;d dated recently I tuned out lance at lass of wine I&039;d just started to really relax when the conversation turned to Stefan and I immediately tensed It was if they could smell blood in the water and they went in for the kill

"What was Hunky&039;s story for leaving, Josie?" Georgia asked, reaching for her glass of wine She took a sip and continued "I thought you were finished with hi hed deeply "Stefan had business issues to deal with He left, Georgia"

Anna was uncharacteristically quiet She absently traced patterns on the tablecloth with her fingers, a wry s to come to my aid or be of any assistance

"Business issues and o off for days only to coia fixed a pointed looka note of mockery "And do they not have phones where he does his &039;business&039;?

Tensing at her scathing tone, I plastered a tight sia, I don&039;t want to do this with you He admitted he made a fewto collect hts "I made mistakes too He came to Anna&039;s house and tried to explain where he&039;d been I basically told him to fuck off and hit the road"

"She was a real bitch to hiia He tried to talk and she gave his fine ass the boot" Anna interjected coolly, glancing at ue with her

I shot her a look of betrayal, folding my arms across my chest defensively This was exactly why I didn&039;t want to coht They both had ood at showing it Neither could understand my relationship with Stefan They had no idea that the ift It was alood day