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She grins, a sheepish grin that can’t quite conceal the way her erin like she does, but trust hted with her Once we order, she looks at me and plays with a yellow cuff bracelet on her arm

"My work is my passion I’m absolutely obsessed with colors I can’t leave the house without wearing at least three different colors Two is too simple One is absolutely drab and I don’t want to be drab"

I findwhich see drab In fact, right here, sitting with you, I feel gray"

Her sh until our drinks are set before us, and she sips froh of intense pleasure as she sits back in relaxation She takes an even longer look at me "It feels like a date And it feels like forever since I’ve had one of those"

In my peripherals, I just noticed that Derek sat at a table nearby, across from CC

"It is a date You invitedThat’s a date in my book"

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She s libido I can tell she likes it when I’m bad She likes bad boys

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"Pandora" She laughs "But she’s right asking about these, these are too much, more than I’m worth"

She absently strokes the necklace on her throat, and I whisper, a warning, "Melanie"

"Greyson"

Hell, I can see the seeds of doubt her friend planted al in her little head I keep my voice level, low even, but stern

"Do whatever you ith the necklace Just don’t return it to od, if I could only telepathically send this woirl bent on survival would