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"--zip me"

The slow-ain She’d turned her back and was looking at him over her shoulder like he was a half-wit

He shook hi up the creamy, smooth skin of her back, which was the opposite of what he wanted to do The dress still bared her shoulders, however, and he stared down at the delicate tat of an infinity sign, unable to stop hier slowly over it

She shivered and he turned her to face hi now," she said

Yeah, him too But this was ie, flirting with so deep There were two choices here, two very different options--ignore as happening and just sleep together, or take the plunge

And then sleep together

His body voted for whatever option got her naked the fastest, because damn she looked hot, and he kneith one kiss that she would melt for him

But his brain … it wouldn’t shut up He needed to knohat her problem was so that he could fix it, once and for all "This is too ied

She dropped her head to his chest

He lifted her chin "You’re too i on here is too i on?"

"Yeah," he said "Us"

Now she ain, hers confused "I wasn’t even aware there was an us"

Yeah, he hadn’t been sure until right about now, either, but he was sure Shockingly so "Feels like there’s a big us," he said

Lily shook her head, and just before she closed her eyes he saw the truth "You’re running fro here is teet a job offer …"

No, that wasn’t it Well, it raphical issues were just a istics Then the real reason occurred to hiut hit his toes "You don’t feel like you deserve to be loved," he said

More stillness fro He stroked a hand up her back "Lily--"