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"Kylie," Cade told her softly and leaned in closer "I’ve known Daphne for years Ask s"

"How many times?" she asked, fascinated by the tanned skin of his jawline, his firm mouth so close to her own They really, really should have been sitting further apart

"Dozens," he told her "Now ask ood?"

"How many?"

"Never" He shook his head "It’s always promises with Daphne, but she never follows up on the for a day that will never come"

"How do you know it’s not different this time?" Daphne had seemed sincere to Kylie In fact, she’d cried for hours and had been so miserable that Kylie couldn’t help but feel sorry for her

"Because I know Daphne," he told her "And I’ht I wanted to talk to you" He looked down at her hand on the seat of the limo, and took it in his own "And about what happened between us"

A war of spectacularly bad decisions?"

Cade grio of her hand "That bad? How drunk was I?"

He didn’t know? She tilted her head, considering him "You don’t remember?"

"Only bits and pieces"

"So you don’t re ot round "What?"

"Or the part where you cried like a baby and sucked your thuhed To hear his pleasure at her joke made Kylie smile, and she relaxed a little He shook his head and chuckled at her, then wagged a finger "For a ht you were serious"