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She put her hand on his arm "I wanted you to stay and watch" She looked at Nicola "It’s still okay if he hangs out, isn’t it?"

Nicola licked her lips, looking uncertain And then she senuine as the siven the dancers

"Of course" Her lips riic you’ve created, Lori" Finally, she looked back at hi "

Nicola was so beautiful--so incredibly vulnerable as she stood there in front of hiet out the words, "I know"

They stood like that for way too long, staring at each other without speaking At last, Lori said, "Come sit over here where no one will accidentally kick you in the face"

Someone turned on the music as he and Lori walked away from Nicola "I didn’t think you’d act that way around her," she hissed

Marcus mirrored back his sister’s frown Had Nicola told his sister aboutasleep on his lap?

No Lori wasn’t capable of holding soo to de around with someone she worked with

"Nico has to deal with people stuttering and acting weird around her all day long, just like Smith does I asked you to come because I knew you’d roll with her fah getting chewed out by his baby sister for the way he’d acted, a light bulb went on in Marcus’s head

"Nicola is the pop star you’re working for?"

Lori looked at him like he’d left his brains out to fry on the sidewalk "Her name is Nico And you know she’s the one who hiredso weird?"

Marcus suddenly realized where that hint of faht before Lori must have shown him pictures of Nicola after she was hired to work on the video, but all he could re bodysuit

Thankfully, Lori didn’t have time to wait for his answer because one of the dancers was calling out to her for guidance Shooting one last disgruntled look at him, his sister moved back onto the dance floor

Nicola’s back was to him, but he could see her face reflected in theat her Her hair was pulled up in a ponytail and he could tell how hard she’d been dancing by the da around her face

All of the dancers had incredible bodies, but for Marcus, the curvy shape of Nicola’s hips and brsts threatened to make him rock hard in the middle of the studio

Her eyes met his briefly in the mirror and she quickly lowered her head Loriin to say so Nicola shook her head, thenon and Nicola went into action