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I laughed out loud, i the scenario he painted so vividly

"I’ht your volcano’s unpredictability esome All the best ones are, you know," Josh answered

Gus waved when he sawto surprise you with this" I handed him the cone "But it appears you’ve already been kidnapped"

He grinned up atanother lost tooth "Cool! Double ice crea in, and I prayed I didn’t just cause hilanced at Josh, who looked as happy and surprised to see me as I was to see hi between them "Gus, you lied," Josh accused, mock shock on his face

Gus’s brow furrowed "No, she doesn’t like strawberry She likes cookies ’n’ cream"

I took another swipe at the ice cream so I wouldn’t have to talk Josh wasn’t fooled "Funny" He laughed "Strawberry’sshades way darker than the ice creae it up," I lied No, I’d wanted to taste Josh, and he knew it

"So, what a to the hand-packed quart of cookies ’n’ creaht me ice cream!

"Good to know you have a weakness besides coffee, Miss Howard"

He didn’t know that he was my other vice, and he stared at me in a way that made me picture more Sunday afternoons and ice cream stores "I have a ton of weak spots, Mr Walker"

"Done!" Gus shouted like he’d won a race

"Gus, ht Gus’s entire mouth was covered and most of his cheeks assaulted, too He’d put ao scoops faster than I’d ed one I pointed to the bathroorin and slipped into the bathrooht me ice cream?" I asked Josh

"How else was I supposed to find an excuse to see you? Borrow fake sugar?" My cheeks burned He leaned forward on his elbows "Besides, you really bought my ice cream?" He dipped forward and took asouess"

He ran his tongue over his lower lip, catching the rest of the pink ice cream "If your brother wasn’t with us, I’d kiss you"

Yes, please I was ready to crawl across the table, ice creaht"

"When are you going to putinto my cone