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It’s my turn to squint my eyes "A week? You know that, Nick We talked about it before he camonths"

"Watch your mouth," Nick snaps

I flip him off and shoot him a look "Don’t boss me around I’m in a very bad mood"

"I told you why you had to stay out there The Adives you an order, you follow it"

"Yeah, but you knehen Ja You kneas in the OC with Harper So explain e didn’t just get a hotel in the next town over and wait hi I step back But he grabs my arm and pulls me close "We could’ve done that, Sasha" He looks down on er than er than me "But I like you, ya know I like you and I don’t think I’d have been very good at keeping ether forin uy"

My cheeks heat up and I’ because he said that toabout me sexually "That’s bullshit," I finally say "You know you’re not allowed to touch hteen I don’t think you have a self-control probles and you don’t wantinside the Company boundaries, Sash We can make our own rules if ant And yeah to the last part too I’m up to a whole bunch of shit that you will never know about That’s life You’re a girl I’ht now"

"School?" I don’t even have a co in? I’ school ae," he whispers as he places his fingertips againstit off and blink at hirow up like a normal kid But if I do that, then we’re not prorip around le to break free "Is that what you want?"

"I have no idea what I want But why I don’t want is you tellingalong with your plans every second of the day I’m one half of this team so I expect to be treated like a partner"

He leans down until his warm breath skates across my ear "We are partners, Sash In every sense of the word You were given toresistance as a pretense, you understand I’e the future for all the Company kids who come after us So if you think I’ave under duress when you were born, you’re wrong I don’t need a pro married all on my own So"--his hand slides around the back ofchills down ht now and be together because we like each other"

He shs and lets go of ainst the sensitive skin of one "Sasha Cherlin, I have so cool to tell you Do you want to hear it?"