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"Those shoes have to be killing you, if I know you at all," he s at the straps on my feet to relieve their misery He did know me so well I couldn’t wait to be barefoot

He started rubbing the arches of od, you have no idea how good that feels," I said Reed laughed in response, a little sinisterly I poked him in the ribs for his dirtyby wouldn’t think I’ and tue of my shirt Suddenly, I stiffened I know Reed could sense my hesitation from his touch, and I was a little surprised by it, too I tried to play it off, sliding from his lap to lie back on his pillow He quickly pulled his shoes off and slid next tohis head up on one hand while his other strokedjust above , and I recognized his I want to talk expression "You want to say so my nose because I knehat he wanted to talk about

Reed let out a deep breath "I do It’s the draft," he locked his eyes withto wait to talk about it, but my mom’s in town, and she set up a lunch tomorroith Dylan and…"

All I heard was Millie was in town I always had an adverse reaction to Reed’s ht Like a child, I rolled tohim off mid-sentence

"I know, I knoanted to just spend the day me-and-you, too…but I don’t have a lot of time, and I need to talk with Dylan because I can’t talk with Brent, legally And…" Reed was pleading with ht oftoa bitch I couldn’t stop, though

"It’s fine," I cut hio to lunch with your ht, okay?"

Reed took a slow long breath, his ar away from me as he rolled to lie on his back next to me I couldn’t turn to face him I wasn’t sure my face could continue to bluff "I’m sorry, I’m just really tired," I forced out the words

Reed rubbed my back a bit and then leaned over to whisper in my ear as he reached his ar o to sleep"

Within an hour, I heard Reed’s breathing start to steady, and I kneas fast asleep I, on the other hand, was probably looking at pulling an all-nighter with ain

Chapter 4

Reed

I probably could have been sht up lunch with s abouther to coet to explain who Dylan was, either There wasn’t really a good time to squeeze in "Oh, by the way, Dylan is a really hot 24-year-old blonde, and she’s going to be spending a lot of tin with her dad, hope you’re cool with that"

We alking into the golf resort restaurant rasped inlike hell she’d letin the distance at a table near the giant panoramic , and as we rounded the corner, the two blondes with him came into view I forced myself to reot to the table, everyone stood, and I noticed Nolan’s eyes were just a little wider than norether, and I was anticipating the s worse, Dylan stood up fros exposed in a short mini skirt and her brsts out on display in a tiny tank top, ready to close the deal

"Reed, so good to see you again," she s me a small kiss on the cheek Fuck!

Nolan’s hand dropped froet her to look at me, but she kept her eyes focused on the table in front of us She was reaching to pull out her own chair when Dylan spun around and flashed her tradeirlfriend?" she said, in a tone that was, I swear, a carbon copy of my mother’s She reached out her hand and, by so her in the face