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The band began to move in for black stretch liainst it He held a familiar African violet in a pot, and instead of his nor smile, there was a wary look on Cade’s face As if he wasn’t sure what to expect

At the sight of Kylie, though, the wary look disappeared and his save a happy little skip at the sight of his pleasure It skipped again when she saw the flower, and at this rate, she was going to pass out fro at her with those soulful blue eyes

He raised a hand and gestured at the band They i "I figured you wouldn’t believe me if I didn’t shoith a band this ti The knot in her throat was too huge

Her silence hter He put the violet on top of the limo and then stepped toward her "Can we talk?"

Bad idea, her brain said

Shut the fuck up, her loins said

Kylie hesitated Emotion warred with common sense In the end, she listened to her loins "Um, sure"

"You pick the place Anywhere you like" He was now standing so close to her that she could smell his aftershave, and her knees eak Why did he have to sood?

"Uuess" It was getting increasingly hard to focus with hi to take over her brain and dump out all common sense and replace it with pure lust

Which, honestly, didn’t sound so bad at the estured for her to walk first, and she did, heading back toward the apart to rest at the sesture, and an utterly possessive one, and she couldn’t stop thinking about it if she tried

As they went into Star’s aparted at what he must think of it Cade constantly wore expensive suits, and she’d never seen hi more casual than a sports jacket Every hotel he’d stayed in was pricey and he norht posters offrom doorways, and smelled faintly of incense Her couch was old and brown and ratty, and Kylie’s blankets were still spread on it fro God, what rabbed the pillow and blankets, piling the toward Star’s bedroo the blankets on Star’s bed and returned to the living roo up one of her rose quartz crystals and dragging it through the air "You have the prettiest aura," she told hi "Yours isn’t so bad, either"

Star bea to eat or drink? Kylie and I were just about to drown our sorrows in ice cream"

"Is that so?" His smile turned to Kylie, and she saw it falter a bit Just a bit "Are there a lot of sorrows to drown?"

"Oh, you have no idea--"

"Star," Kylie barked "Please"

Her friend blinked "Oh Of course How silly of me Mr Fancy Aura, why don’t you take my ice cream and eat with Kylie? I need to walk down to the store anyhow I’ave hirabbed her purse, and then turned to Kylie and gave her an exaggerated wink "See you in about three hours"

As Star left the room, Cade turned back to Kylie, his hands shoved into the pockets of his jacket "Does she need a ride to the store? I hate to think of her walking so far"

"The store’s around the corner," Kylie corrected, heading to the kitchen to retrieve the ice creaood friend"

"Ah," Cade said "I have a few of those"

"I bet they’ve never analyzed your aura," Kylie grumbled as she picked up the tls of ice cream from Star’s avocado-colored countertop God, Star had e "Um, so this looks like a lot of ice crea hio with this?" he asked as he took the bowl "I knohere we can get one"