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"Have you told theht, about what happened between us at my house?"
Jack looked more than a little insulted by her question "Of course I haven’t I don’t kiss and tell, Mary What happens between us is private"
A moment later, Howie and Larry poked their heads into the rooht back a sandwich for you both"
She could easily read the frustration on Jack’s handsome face as she told them she’d join everyone in the common area in a couple ofas she sat down at her mirror and picked up her hairbrush A moment later Gerry walked in and closed the door behind hi on between the two of you" Gerry grinned at her in the ain, tell eous htening iron over a lock of hair to get ready for their second set of shots, she had to work to keep her hand steady so she didn’t burn herself
With another photographer sheBut, with the man who had known her for her entire adult life, there was no point in pretending Jack’s touch had been innocent Besides, there was a reason Gerry was such a great photographer--he saw things other people didn’t
"Jack is different from any other man I’ve known," she admitted
She knew she shouldn’t say anythingto talk to someone about Jack She couldn’t possibly have discussed hi after, not when she was trying to set a good exarow up First, from behind a camera lens, and then later when they became friends He’d held her hand and let her cry when her various romances hadn’t ended in happily ever after If anyone would understand how confused she was right now, he would
"The men I’ve been around have always been so self-aware, so conscious of everything they did and said, and especially how they looked But Jack’s brain is working so fast all the time--he’s so different He told me that sometimes he doesn’t even re her own thoughts
She sighed "Agreed, but I still shouldn’t have kissed him just now"
His eyebroent up "Why the hell not?"
"Because we’ve agreed to keep things strictly professional between us for now As I’m sure you recall, last tis went horribly awry"
Gerry frowned "Roht you were over him"
"Of course I am," she insisted, horrified that anyone would think she was still pining for that horrible excuse for ato be careful"