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His lashes lowered as he bit down on that lower lip again Geez Julia had to look away "Whydidn’t you just tell et that you werevetting me in the creepiest way possible, but you could’ve told me Why didn’t you?"

"I don’t knohy I didn’t"

Disbelief flooded her as she focused on hiaze swung to a small, open entryway across the room The door was pitched in darkness, and she supposed it led to a ht," he said after a ain "Believe it or not, I’ood for the job after talking to you for about fifteen minutes and II should have told you then"

Her brows lifted because he almost looked like he couldn’t believe he admitted that "So, why didn’t you?"

"Truthfully? It’s been a long time since I talked to someone who didn’t knoho I was That I didn’t have to hold a conversation wondering if anything this person was saying tofro to convince hto climb some bullshit social ladder Every ti if she’s interested in me or if she wants to soht sound arrogant as fuck, but you have no idea what it’s like to always have to second-guess someone’s intentions"

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"So, that’s why," he went on, theto enda II enjoyed that"

Julia sat back, sort of stunned for a second that he adht about what he said, she realized she did knohat it was like to always have to second-guess someone With her ex, Adam, she had always done that "I understand"

Lucian blinked once

Then twice

Julia alhed at the dumbfounded expression that settled onto his face "Really?" he asked

She lifted one shoulder "You still should’ve told me, but I knohat it feels like to always have to think about why so If there’s another reason why they’re behaving the way they do Like having to second-guess what kind ofshells It’s not easy to" Trailing off, she was snared by the intensity in his gaze It was like he was peeling back layers, seeing right into her, and she was getting too close to being too personal

"Anyway" She cleared her throat and then took a sip of her tea Several et to bed The h

"I want to know about you," he spoke before she could, and then shifted closer, his knee pressed into her thigh once ave a little laugh as she shook her head "There’s nothing more to know about me than what you already know"

"There’s literally everything to know about you," he insisted "Where did you go to school? What reallybehind?"

"I went to Shippensburg University You’ve probably never heard of it" Like she’d ever answer that last question Finishing off her tea, she set to sleep Thank you for the tea I think it ork"

"But I haven’t asked you theoff the stool, she let her hair fall forward, past her breasts "And what is that?"

"How can you be here and be theto his so fast she thought her it would fall right off her shoulders Everything about the tone of his voice and the slightly wide eyes of his said he was being genuine, but he couldn’t be serious

Her gaze sharpened Was he drinking so harder than chamomile? Because there was no way in the world that he truly believed that she was the most beautiful creature he’d ever seen

The question burned to the tip of her tongue If he thought she was so beautiful then why did he walk away froht in her apartment? She sed the question so she didn’t have to s her pride

At the end of the day, she kneho Lucian was