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She waited for hinition to rise in his eyes But when neither happened after several long seconds, it finally occurred to her that he ht with the cynicism that had taken root deep within her, ht it would pique her interest in him if he seemed aloof

"Hi, I’m Nicola"

Her real naone by anything but Nico for so long with anyone but her parents that the nah

She waited for him to correct her, to be surprised that she hadn’t introduced herself as Nico Instead, he sih voice had her shivering, thrill bu on her ar bodies

She studied hih to confirm that there wasn’t a shred of awareness in his dark brown eyes Nothing at all that reseuy at the hotel had looked at her, like he was dying to say he’d done a big star

Had she actually run into the one person on earth who had no idea who she was?

It felt too lucky to be true

Of course, her luck would only hold out so long in a public place From the moment she’d walked in, everyone’s eyes had been on her--and now the two of the

But she suddenly wanted uy

She wanted to experience it as Nicola Not Nico Which et them out of there as soon as possible, before anyone caraph or a picture with her

"I’an, before realizing, "I don’t know your name"

She liked the way he reached out and brushed a lock of hair out of her eyes, liked it even more when he said, "My name is Marcus And I’m not in the mood to dance, either"