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"I love it when you call me that" He leans into my touch and closes his eyes

"You do?"

"Yeah, you usually just call uy, huh?" I stand on ently and his eyes warm up

"Obviously, baby"

"I love it when you call ht up like it’s Christhs and hugs et how inexperienced you are when it comes to relationships"

"Yeah, so cutcurve" I pinch his tight butt and he laughs

"Okay, okay Just do ain

"What?"

"No ue with him

"Please, Natalie For me"

"What if we have a chaperone?"

"Talk with lelike this I’ you to respect how I feel"

Well, when he puts it like that

"Okay, I’ll talk with you first" It’s a concession, but I can’t help but think about what he said about love scenes and I know I’d go out of my mind with jealousy if I were in that position

"Did you do any love scenes in your movies?" I ask and search his face

"Why do you think there was a butt shot?" He grins down at me

"I don’t ever want to see those irlfriend, huh?"

"Absolutely" He kisseshi hting with youon some decent clothes first"

I leave Luke with Jules in the kitchen and run upstairs to get dressed I s the look of apprehension on Luke’s face when confronted with Jules, but she was cool as could be, and I’m relieved that her adolescent

behavior

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concerned has subsided

I throw on a pair of blue jeans that hug reen heels It et to wear h that I could wear theht He see it loose so it fraood to go

I find Luke and Jules still in the kitchen, talking about all things cooking

"I bakewith his back to me so he doesn’t see me enter the room "That way there’s less mess on the stove top"

"I don’t care how it’s cooked" I wrap my arms around his middle and presshim in He smells of clean fabric softener and body wash, and his shirt is soft against ainst him and I hear hirins wide

"You are gorgeous in green It h

"Thank you Is this better than what I had on earlier?"

"Much Do you have any ht"

He frowns "Why so late?"