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"Elpi," Aliyana said through a uncontained laugh "You actually shts at Christet used to it It’s a rare occurrence"

Aliyana stepped back and put her hand on her chest "And you have a sense of huhtened to the point I thought the radually lost her laughter, she stepped even closer toanye to take her in my arms and sain without saying a word, only to then offer, "Breakfast?"

Liftingstrand of hair that fell over her cheek and tuck it back into herAliyana’s breath hitch atthe scent of her hair… lavender

Aliyana’s firh pressing firainst my hard cock Her waroutback, snapping the unbearable tension that had cocooned us

Breathless, Aliyana pressed her hand against her stoed to say and fell into step behind htailed it out of the exit and gasped in the cool Seattle air, light rain splashing againstthe door close behind me, I pulled out a s, sweet drag, the slancing behind er door, leaving it open for Aliyana As I slumped into the driver’s seat, Aliyana dropped down beside lazed fro , then flicked the ash into the ashtray on the dash "Where we going?" I asked, looking straight ahead through the blurred-with-rain windshield "I don’t know Seattle yet"

Aliyana sucked in a breath "Neither do I I can only think of one place"

"Is it private, you know, not busy with a shitload of folk?"

"It’s snition, I stubbed out my Marlboro cherry, lit another smoke, and let it sit on ht

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The longer we drove, the more I knew I shouldn’t be here with this wo anywhere I was going to breakfast with Aliyana for no other reason than I couldn’t go anywhere else She’d asked, and I’d agreed There was no other choice

"It’s just over there," Aliyana said, pointing to a shed to myself It was just three blocks froot out, the sunrise starting to break No one was around except thefor the fresh fish to come in from the boats

Aliyana and I entered the café overlooking the Sound, where ere told to pick wherever anted to sit The guys who ran the place were still setting up, so I walked ahead of Aliyana to the farthest corner and sat down The place was full of Italian flags, the servers Latino in their features and clearly Italian too

I wondered if she’d picked this place because she’d worked out e or whether it was because she just liked the coffee

As I dropped to the seat, Aliyana sat down opposite lance around the empty café We were alone Good

"This okay for you? This e smile

"Yeah," I replied, and she sain, aiven up on trying to talk to et that I liked to be left alone That I didn’t want people roundbe

"You’re not one for small talk, are you?"