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She s her eyes, she sh was audible “I know”

“Okay, well, I guess I’ll see you…” She glanced at the clock and laughed “In about five hours, then?”

“Yeah, I’ll be waiting for you”

God, she liked the sound of that Hi for her “Okay Good—”

“Wait” His voice sounded urgent “I don’t want to hang up”

Her breath caught “I second that”

His laugh wars you like to paint”

And she did They talked until they both fell asleep, their phones cradled between their shoulders and cheeks

Chapter 7

Unable to reme, which was alanced down at his phone Again

The text ed in the thirty seconds since he’d last looked According to the words on his phone, Bethany couldn’t wait for their late lunch date at two He knew she wasn’t going to bail, especially since they’d talked on the phone every night since Wednesday

But he was as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a rooaze flickered to the dashboard Thirty o in? Get one of those booths near the cranking fireplace? Bethany would like that, he thought, and so he did

As he waited for her to show, he played a round of FreeCell on his phone Lost Played another, and because he kept glancing up every ti, he lost another two rounds

Good God, it was like he’d never been on a date before If he kept this up, he’d start flickering like the Northern lights Not good

When the tinkling sound caain and he looked up, every nerve in his body fired at once

It was Bethany

Her warm brown eyes scanned the rock formations in the center of the diner, over the tables, and finally to the booth he’d found by the fireplace When her gaze ht out of his bones…in a totally good way

Heading straight for their booth, she only had eyes for hiuy’s stare follow her Dawson so didn’t like how the hu at Bethany Like he’d never seen a female before, and Daas more than ready to introduce himself Every territorial instinct in hiet up and pummel the dude into the old wooden floors