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He shook his head at his own reaction to her This was absolutely not what he needed right now

He turned away froain, letting out a pent-up breath "Here's e're going to do We're going to pull into that parking lot over there and figure this out If you have a proble the police"

"No, I don't have a problereed quickly

Marco pocketed her license instead of returning it to her, turned to his car and with economical movements slid behind the wheel and eased back into the flow of traffic

He watched the rear-view ht bolt, but she see hih of te, incredibly handso lot of the Holiday Inn Express that was off the feeder directly across from where they had collided She took a deep breath to steady her nerves At least there was a chance she wouldn't be getting a citation She hoped, anyway Unless he changed his mind

She pulled in beside him and tried to brush the wrinkles from her shirt as she cli between their cars, talking into his phone, and she tried to listen unobtrusively to the conversation he was having It appeared he wasn't on the phone with the police, thank God, but was speaking to so his afternoon appoint that was probably iet any worse? Her life sucked right now So badly "FML," shehis call

He turned to face her hat seeranite features "I'" She blushed

"Answer me What'd you just say?" His eyes had narrowed on her

"FML," she repeated softly At his blank look, she continued in a stronger voice, "You know, effto think she was crude Just a ridiculous, stupid woman who didn't kno to drive and had the vocabulary of a sailor Way to go, Natalie

He frowned as his eyes ran over her "I haven't heard that one"

"You know, Superbad--the movie?"

He continued to look at her with a blank expression and she tried tothat acoers "Never mind It just means my life sucks Have you ever heard that one?" she asked with a s him over, with all his tallness and ined he'd never had a bad day in his life Unless he was having one today, because of her

"If you'd been paying better attention, you wouldn't have nailed me from behind," he admonished harshly