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It’s ridiculous

"Huhs and leans on the bar, then rakes her killer eyes up and down me "You have nice hands I like that you’re tall And your teeth are straight"

I stare at her for a long ht and o is safe, sweetheart"

She’s s now, and that just about knocks me off my stool Jesus, she should smile all of the time

"You have a killer sain, watching her "I want to bury s have to be the sexiest I’ve ever seen"

"You’re char," she says cautiously, but her cheeks are pink and her s honest, given how rare it is these days"

"I’ you to dinner, Callie"

Her s aze, and finally, as if she ht why the hell not, she says, "You can pick onna need to knohere you live to do that"

"I’ with Adam for a while"

I tilt my head and consider her Adam is more of a player than I am

"He’s my best friend" She doesn’t look away or blink, doesn’t explain herself further, al with him, and I simply nod

"I’ll pick you up at six on Monday"

"Don’t be late" And with that she saunters down to the other end of the bar to pour a beer for a custo an idiot, that’s what I’ outside The Odyssey for Callie to finish closing up so I can escort her to her car

What is this, 1945?

I sigh and lean against the building No, it’s the French Quarter, and it’s dangerous at night, and I’ll be damned if Callie walks to her car alone this late

A few moments later, the woman herself steps outside and sets the alarm, then locks the door and jumps about three feet into the air when she turns and findshere

"Sorry Didn’t mean to startle you"

"I almost maced you," she says and covers her chest with her hand, panting

God, I want to make her pant like that for entirely different reasons Just the thought of it has ain and try to think of dead puppies and spaghetti to calm my dick down

"Why are you here?"

"To walk you to your car," I reply and fall into step beside her