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As good as Abel ith his poker face, he wasn’t sure he’d be able to pull off being around her and another dude without Noah picking up on his irritation And feeling irritated was an understate her walk in with another dude tensed his insides even more He’d hardly eaten because of it

"Hey!" Roni stood fro room table as Nellie walked in the front door--alone She was carrying a covered tray "Oh s?"

"Yes," Nellie s at the last minute and decided to whip up a batch" Roni took the tray fro, and Nellie turned to the front roo beautifully

Abel had to wonder why he’d never seen the beauty until recently He’d noticed the change in her well enough She’d gone from Roni’s docile quiet friend, who’d been practically invisible to hiot that part It wasn’t unheard of for a scorned woman to want to reinvent herself in a way that made her feel more attractive, better about herself --reborn It happened often actually But the beauty he’d never picked up on before hat got hi to fight the sexual tension between the past that, and every ti her how damn beautiful she was

He didn’t even realize he was already s her in froh short little black and white patterned cotton sue sandals sian It was a dress he’d probably seen her in before, but so He was already having visions of pulling the spaghetti straps down along with the top of the delicate fabric of her dress and taking her beautiful brsts in his , he wondered if he’dher so her, because it hat he really wanted to do so badly now

"I’ll have to get with you guys in a little bit," she said as Abel continued to take her in, "so you can fill an to nod, but before any of theed at Nellie’s aret about that I wanna hear about last night"

"Yes," Bianca agreed fro yet Sit down I want details"

Nellie laughed as Abel gnashed his teeth then took a bitter swig of his beer Of course, the second he took his eyes off her and turned to Noah, his friend was already watching hilad because the way he felt at thatobservations

The fight started and Abel tried his daoing on in the dining rooushed about the concert being fantastic then about hanging in the VIP lounge with the band et tickets to a sold-out concert and get her into the VIP lounge Abel wondered about that Now that he was technically a VIP hi some of that part of this new lifestyle Typically, you had to be soet in, especially if you’d be hanging with band ination, but it seeirls’ voices hushed all of a sudden They were still talking and giggling, but he couldn’tanymore Maybe it was for the best It really wasn’t any of his business, and hearing the details htened e of his seat, he decided to give the fight his full attention

Fuck Nellie’s date The only thing he’d focus on from here on out when it caain It was all he should care about anyway Right now he could only hope it would be soency hich he’d begun to need to be near her--kiss her It was a sexual urgency That’s all it was

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"I still can’t believe Logan just up and left you with another guy But, okay, you knowher voice "I’m a sucker for colored eyes and et, but I still want details You said Saht?"

"Oh my God, yes," Nellie said, thankful that Bianca had lowered her voice

She knew she had no reason to try to keep this on the do, but things between her and Saan She’d always said fro with Abel that if she ever considered sleeping with sos with Abel Sam was definitely a consideration "It was so hard to concentrate on what he was saying, because his eyes are so crystal light blue I kept getting caught up in them"

"Oh!" Bianca clutched her chest "I know just the feeling I felt coh school It’s so about those colored eyes"

The only eyes that Nellie had ever felt completely drawn to were Abel’s She said that Sam’s had distracted her, but she’d leave that clarification to herself Roni looked too pleased at the moment