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"I think you’re overreacting," I said dryly

Jordan flasheda step closer to the door Almost there Freedom So close I reached for the doorknob just as she said "I know!"

My entire body felt like it had just been electrocuted Looking back on this nize it for what it really was--somehow she’d channeled whatever superpowers Max possessed and shifted the universe, decidingmy opinion in the first place

"You" Jordan stalked toward me "You have an apartment"

It was the perfect opportunity to lie Really, I was an actor I could make her believe I’d sold my penthouse within the last twenty-four hours because I wanted to live on the streets

In a box

Or a cart

Hell, I could have said I was renovating, right? Joined the circus?

But her face

I was always a sucker for a pretty face

And hers was e brown eyes blinked up atme feel all warm and fuzzy inside Damn it! I needed to look away

But I couldn’t

I openedcame out

She put her hands on her hips, which drew irl have some delicious curves on her What was that soh, no, it was happeningshe was using her feminine wiles on me And I was a powerless bastard

I needed someone to hit me over the head with a cement block

Instead, she fluttered her eyelashes twice

And I hung my head and muttered, "Grab a suitcase"

"Yes!" Jordan jumped into the air, then launched herself into s wrapped arounddown before eous woainst htened I should at least get sex out of the deal, right?

As a thank-you?

"At least first base," I mu me feel ten inches tall

"Just, uh" I scratched my head "Sorry, it’s a sports metaphor, you know, pass first base, the hardest base, and you’re hoht you were asking for a sexual favor"

"Never!" Hell, yes, I was Instead I broke eye contact and rubbed o"

Jordan rolled her eyes and disappeared into the bedrooainst the wall and wondered what the hell I’d just agreed to