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He paused as he watched her take another bite

She noticed his lower lip open and the tip of his tongue peek out before he realized he was staring and pulled hiether A perfectly female part of her did a little happy dance She hadn’tthe attention of a char her dessert

Mary wiped the edges of her h all this effort, Glen? I’d have been just as happy with a quiet meal in a nice place close to hoaze away fro "I think we’ve both been wanting this for a while I wanted to make it count"

Mary lifted both hands in the air "Mission accorinned, flashed a dimple on the left side of his face, and ate half his dessert in one bite "Besidesa nice o," he said around his food

Mary actually put her fist to her chest "How the heck can you be so char and such aa"

"A what?"

She couldn’t put to words what she thought "You stole Dakota’s monkey from me"

"I touched it first"

"I saw it first," she said, laughing

"And you thought I’d just give it up"

"It would have been the chivalrous thing to do"

"On a date, ift shop No way, babe It’s like a Bluelight Special at Kh "You’re too young to know about a Bluelight anything from Kmart"

He finished the rest of his dessert and continued to talk while waving his spoon "I saw a ave the rest to Glen, who happily devoured it She enjoyed watching hiet aith everything when you were a kid?"

"Trent got aith everything Jason got aith nothingI lingered in between"

"Middle child syndros between your brothershiotiator "So what exactly do you do at work?"

He hesitated and had a lingering smile as if he was surprised she’d asked "I’m the CFO"

She didn’t waver her stare

"I ith a lot of finance in the co the business, "

"Sounds like an ied "Jason was always bossy, Trent had a hard ti thing down"

"It all worked out"

"YeahI like what I do"