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Although undeniably average, her ah, their open and honest expression captivated him and the color was undeniably unique in a way the colored contacts so popular a the artificial beauties he “hooked up” with—Zephyr even had Neo thinking in those terh she wasn’t a beauty, Cassandra was intriguing and vulnerable There was just so about the reclusive pianist he liked Perhaps it was si that she made the music that he enjoyed soto know her better And as the last ti so personal not related to sex?

When he arrived at her house, four hours later, he discovered her door on the latch just as she had said it would be The evidence of her lax security bothered hi down the hall She couldn’t possibly know that he had co when he entered the room she had led hiers going still above the keys “Good , Neo”

“Your door was unlocked”

“I told you it would be”

“That is not safe”

“I thought you would appreciate the expediency of getting right to your lesson”

Without waiting for her to offer, he took a seat beside her on the piano bench “You could not hear me arrive”

“I did not need to You knehere to come”

“That is not the point”

“Isn’t it?” She looked at him as if she truly did not understand his probleht Shall we start where we left off last week?”

Neo was not accustory, he couldn’t help ad the fact the shy woman had so adroitly shifted focus to the reason he was there

Which was not to lecture her about her habit of leaving the door on the latch, he reuided hih the day’s lesson Her passion for her craft was apparent in every word she spoke and the very way she touched the piano they played A reat deal to be touched by a lover with such intense dedication

And his thinking no doubt explained the inexplicable arousal he experienced during so as innocent as piano lessons