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The last tih this, Kira and I had looked at him like he’d lost his mind when he’d asked for our clothes This time, it wasn’t any less aard, but at least I’d known to expect it Once I had my shirt off, I handed it and my purse over to Chris, and waited while Liam shoved his keys, wallet, and phone in my purse and handed over his shirt as well

"Do you want me to take your shorts, miss?" he asked, and I shook h" I knew every other fe more than her bikini, but I found it weird to walk around soer’s house without some kind of cover on Not that my shorts covered much anyway, but it still made estured toward his house and s you need, just call it into the kitchen As always, it’s on the house! I have to go act like a host or soood-byes, I looked at Liam "That sounded like the exact same speech as last time"

Liam smiled and pulled me close "It was, I don’t think he’s realized people have caught on to that--or he just doesn’t care"

"The latter," Ito eat or drink, or do you want to go outside?"

"Outside, please There’s a lot of cologne and perfuh, Lia hi in itself to look at and explore, I hated how the other people attending the party hadinsecure

I’d never been insecure until the last time I was here I couldn’t look at any woman and know for sure that her hair was natural, just like I couldn’t look at them and find a natural chest Mine wasn’t small, never had been But ically enhanced like all the other women’s And while I’d never had a problem with my tattoos--and still didn’t--it was incredibly obvious that I did not fit in here because of them

The only tattoos I saw on the other women were either little syuys stare at their ass And there I ith sleeves and s I loved my tattoos; it was the other women’s looks as we passed by them that made me want to curl in on myself or leave It didn’t really help thatalked by They’d done the sa myself believe it was because she and I were so identical looking I’d been wrong

"I don’t fit in here, Liah the crowd

"And? I don’t either I wouldn’t want you if you did"

I sighed, and turned to face hi and leaned close, I shook my head "But I’m not themI don’t look like them"

Liam’s eyebrows rose, and a smile crossed his face "You don’t look like them? That’s what you’re worried about? Kennedy," he mumbled as he lowered his head so his mouth was next to my ear His hand squeezed my hip when he asked, "Have you seen yourself lately? Did you see how all the guys we passed were looking at you? You are easily the sexiest wouys were thinking" I pushed ainst his stomach, but he didn’t irls and me--"

"Are obvious, yeah," he finished forone of those differences Your confidence in yourself and your looks is one of the best things about you; don’t let the shallow people here hed and leaned away so I could look in his eyes "If you don’t like them, why do you co here also helps maintain the relationship between our two companies"

I nodded, and with a deep breath in, I looked around us There was still a group of wo directly ataway, I raised an eyebrow and waited for them to look down

"That’s the Kennedy I’ve corab a drink, walk around the beach for a bit, and then we’ll get out of here Okay? Rob won’t even notice we’re gone"