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I was feeling immensely proud of myself with each step I took away froly self-conscious with each step I took toward Adaain alone with the chesty swimsuit model She now had her hand on his arm and he didn’t move it away So as with the two idiot interns, I pushed through er

I caht Dress and bumped his arm with mine "Hey," I said quietly

His head jerked in leae s and kissed lance at Jordan’slad you’re here"

I turned and kissed hi toabout you Carisa, this is Mia"

Her mouth curved into a half s on the podium at the Olyracious while"Hey, Mia, nice to ood to meet you, too," I lied "So you ca ed a look and then she glanced aith a smile that made my blood boil I nestled htened his arnore it becauseworse I turned to Ada so far?"

"Good Better now" He slad I came down, then"

Carisa excused herself a fewshe was thirsty I let out a breath of relief Adao "So I take it Jordan told you," he said in a flat voice

I shrugged "I guess I needed some motivation to come down"

He s sick of being a coward"

He kissed ripping the lapels of his blazer in each hand "I was thinking… you know it’s been over twenty-four hours since I’ve been declared NED Do you think we can… cross a bridge tonight?"

He i With that delicious dimple that sometileam in his eye, he looked out over the lawn and said, "I think that could be--very enthusiastically--arranged"

I grabbed his hand and squeezed it "Good"

"Do you want so to wander over and say hi to the friends They were at a table, last I saw"

"Actually, I think they are hanging out on the yacht I saw theo that way just before you came up"

I looked over at the boat There were people on the deck "Oh, really? Maybe I’ll take a look there, then"

"I think they’d be very happy to see you The tour organizer wanted to speak with me briefly, but I’ll co kiss on his ood I’d wanted it And a little public display of affection never hurt when there were hungry little interns or a swis, ready to pounce If I were a dog, I’d be peeing all over e, I turned frohtmyself because of my looks The way that Adam looked at me, held me, kissed me in the middle of the crowd at his house party made me feel like the most beautiful, desired worinned and strutted my way over to the slip where Ada time because we’d feared that my nausea would only worsen out on the ocean But I was looking forward to e could go again Maybe even take a long trip down to Cabo or over to Hawaii The thought of itwith joy Weeks alone on a boat with Adao for that any day of the week and twice on Tuesdays

I found ae They were in the middle of a heated discussion over the rules when I slipped through the doorway "I’m here to take your drink order"