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Today, though, Rod had done so with his hair Normally he just slicked it back, but now it looked more natural Without all the pomade, his hair turned out to be thick and wavy, and a rich, dark chestnut color The wave in his hair as it frarease in his hair also made his face look less shiny When he sood?" he asked, sounding a little unsure

"Yeah, it looks great You should do it like that more often"

He looked pleased I couldn’t help but wonder what had brought this on I’d been planning to atteure out a way to do it without hurting his feelings, but if he was going to do it hiood, too," he said "Is that for your dinner with Owen tonight?"

I didn’t need to ask how he knew about our date Gossip flew at light speed around MSI, and Rod and Oere best friends, so it was a given that Rod already knew, and I knew he approved of the two of us I couldn’t help but wonder, though, what the rest of the company would think about our office romance "Thanks, and yeah, it’s for dinner," I said "I just, u to look for soot would match"

"It’s a perfect choice He’ll love it Have fun tonight"

Fortunately, ot back, so I was able to give the the dress fro reat," Gemma assured me "Your co-worker has fabulous taste Maybe you should invite her shopping with us so "Maybe," I hedged The buzzer fro to coht on tiot to the intercoht down," I said,it sound as decisive and final as possible I wasn’t in the mood to have to shelter him from my roommates

"You’re no fun," Ge "Have a good tiht"

"Yes, Morabbed my purse and headed for the door When I stepped out the front door downstairs, I was ilad that I hadn’t invited Owen up He looked even lasses were gone, and he wore a silk suit with an open-collared shirt that ht have fought ic on me Otherwise, I would have felt awfully frumpy next to him

A slow smile spread across his face when he sawNot that you don’t always look nice, but you look really nice tonight" That was htfully aard

"You’re not so bad, yourself," I said, feelingcompliments like that wasn’t as easy as it looked

He stepped toward entle kiss thatUp close to hiht about the dark circles under his eyes "Did you get any sleep at all this weekend?" I asked

"Some" He didn’t et a cab" That was an area where ical powers really came in handy in this city He barely waved one hand, and suddenly a taxi practically juet to hie restaurant that was upscale in a classy, unobtrusive way It was different enough fro out as friends to make this very clearly a special date, but not so fancy that it looked like he was trying too hard The prices on the h to make my eyeballs bleed, but the food was described in plain, unpretentious English

We spent severalwhat to order, then after we’d given our orders and the waiter had brought our drinks, an aard silence descended over the table We’d never had trouble talking to each other before What had we talked about before ere officially dating? Oh yeah, work Well, whatever it took to get the ball rolling

"How did things go this weekend? Did you find anything interesting?" I asked

He looked so relieved and grateful to have a topic of conversation that it was al, yes, but I’m not sure how valuable it was I’ically I’ot past our defenses"