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He stared at her "What’s that?"

"You asked me if I wanted to, and I said I couldn’t"

His expression softened into a tiny, but undeniably s smile

"I don’t I want that to be perfectly clear"

The ser now "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I’oodbye to you wasn’t nearly as i that I do"

She wouldn’t say it only because she didn’t want to sound hateful But if it hadn’t been for her need to ladly let him leave without so , Sof"

"What I felt was a guy trying to seduce uy who kneas in a relationship and as leaving in a couple of weeks" She could feel herself getting heated, but she wasn’t sure who she wasto have this conversation "Eric has loved me since ere kids It’s never been like that with him Obviously, all you wanted was casual sex, an entirely foreign concept to me It tooksmile iped away and he suddenly sounded defensive

Sofia shook her head "It doesn’t matter, Brandon I just wanted to make sure you knew I don’t want to, and I’ize, Sof I just hope this didn’t ruin things between us" His expression softened "Next tiet this ever happened?"

Sofia nodded, but didn’t dare take a step near him Instead, she waved "Bye, Brandon Take care"

He s a little better, but the guilt still outweighed any relief she’d gained from that conversation

Eric stared at his laptop Not bad After Sofia’s outburst about Asia, he hadn’t gone back to the café where Asia worked--not until yesterday He felt a little bad that he’d pro online portfolio for her acting career She told hi the lack of work she’d gotten lately to how sorry it looked Eric could put a portfolio together with his eyes closed All he needed was all her info and pictures

He hadn’t seen her since pro deal, he’d gone in one last ti up so, but he could still do it for her and eht, and already he was almost done He was impressed with the amount of theatre work she had done so far