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"What?"

"Billy is ood I’m on my third one so I can’t drive You have to co this phone call?

"You want me to come over there? After what happened today?" I ask hesitantly

I almost don’t want to shatter this illusion This Brooke still likes ht? I inal plan before that bloody tick showed up and ruined everything It’s Saturday night Still the weekend, ain "You’re so funny, Mason"

"I ae, yeah? I like it" She pauses, huet over here I want to kiss you before I’m drunk and don’t re the phone away from my ear and stare at it

What just happened?

Brooke isn’t upset anyh and she’s done

She wants oodbye as much as I did

She wants to kiss ht I want that I hated that bloody goodbye I didn’t even want one

I dart off the bed and attackI pull on a pair of jeans and a T-shirt and stu my keys and h I was hoping for earlier Only this is better Leave it to Brooke to shock me back intopredictable It doesn’t suit her

Traffic iswithin a few e

I take the elevators to her floor I knock twice and step back, scowling at the water I collect offa towel over s open and Brooke’s bright face appears She squeals and lunges atme inside

My back hits the wall Her full lips foroof" She filters her fingers through s on the ends She kisses ainst ue swipes across ht now Feel" Stepping back, she grabs my hand and presses it to her cheek

I look at her, at that wild, devilish s into her cheek and her brilliant eyes, round and eager

"I’ Her cheeks lifting and flushing pink

My heart thunders in irl