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After a few silent seconds of her waiting for a response, her eyebrows slanted down in frustration and she turned to leave my office

Nota slow clap "That was the best thing I’ve heard all week"

I scoffed and walked over to uess it was ti"

"Or so" Eli winked and leaned back to stretch in the chair "So I just got a call fro at ether "Did you?"

"Why do you sound surprised? You were just with the the conversation that just went down, I have every reason to sound surprised "Not surprised, ive me an answer"

"Really? She said you invited theive you their numbers"

"And by ‘she,’ you mean?"

Eli shot ed "Kira Why? Can you even tell the two apart yet?"

Seeing how one of them always looked at me like she hatedthat Eli didn’t need to know "Only when they have their naest fan"

"Ah, yeah Kennedy’s verycautious when it couess you could say"

"I hadn’t noticed," I responded before I could stop hed

"Well, she definitely has her reasons Give her a little while; she’ll co you’ll connect with her more than with Kira," he said as he stood and walked toward the door "You two are a lot alike, and she’ll be good to have around you--I’o down a few notches"

If only he knew

"I’ll send you their numbers Take care of them this weekend"

"Yes, sir"

I waited until he was out of my office, then leaned back in ht not have called him, but Kira wouldn’t have known to call Eli if Kennedy hadn’t told her about this weekend Whether or not Kennedy was ready, or wanted it, I was going to chase the girl as already consuyou won’t be ordering anything, and you would rather be talking to my sister than toa few blenders with my forehead scrunched in confusion, buton the other side of the counter fro at h so out tith Lia up with him and a few other friends at a bar on Wednesday, it was safe to say thatNot just failing "Crashing and burning a fiery death" would be a better way of describing the his advances, which ed, if at all And, unfortunately for me, I wanted the advances to stop just as bad as I wanted them to continue

I was a ht back to the present

Kira’s lips curved up in triu us to a bonfire tonight"

"Ah That’s nice I’, I’m sure Kira will have fun"

Liam’s expectant expression didn’t falter, and I was left wondering if he believed anything I said and did around him--as I had so many times over the last week and a half No matter how many times I told him I didn’t want to be with hiot too close, flirted with his friends, and acted as if he was nothing more than a nuisance, he seemed to always look at me with an expression that let me knoas only a

"Oh, I’m sure I willjust like I’m sure you will too"