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Ann rolled her eyes "No, that’s not what I meant Sorry Of course he’s attracted to you, but…you knoand ittheir arch neht a duel when they have a phobia of crowds Like going into beast protector mode whenever any type of threat to thedown perfectly sensible propositions to go to bed with a woman Okay, maybe not that last one…

Chapter 14

Willia the ride back to her house, Jenna doesn’t say a word Perhaps she’s still upset about the confrontation with Doug He said sos, and I wish there was a way she could unhear thes I said to her before the market I wasn’t mean, just truthful It’s unfortunate, because I have no idea how to read the subtleties in her ’s tendency to provoke you," she says, finally breaking the silence

"What do we need to say?"

"Just that you shouldn’t let hi throughbuttons, an elevator with lit numbers to denote the floors-- "Oh sorry, that probably wasn’t the best way to state that What I et to you You need to shake it off"

I blink "I don’t want to shake it off If he offends so to make him pay for it Once someone is on my bad side, they are there forever"

"Forever? Really? You don’t forgive?"

I think about that for a ive a bad person a second chance to hurt me--or someone else I care about"

"Hmm That makes you sound kind of stubborn"

"I am stubborn And I’ as she shakes her head "Men"

I frown "Women say that a lot"

"It’s because nal and exit the off-ra"

"She’s an ally, even though she’s defected to the other side" She folds her arms across her chest

"What other side? Theout the , but I steal a glance at her face I can see she’s set into a relationship, they change"

I think about this for a moment "Do you think it’s because of the other person? That being with that person changes them?"

She frowns for a minute and her head turns towardhten on the wheel, and I’ to hit the brakes at the red light