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"I wasn’t exactly expecting company" I frowned

"Would you have dressed up if you’d knoas co?" He still had my hand wrapped in his

"Well, you’ve already seen ed "This is actually an ieous" He winked and finally let go of h "Are you practicing these coht?"

"I can’t reveal my secrets" He tucked his hands back into his pockets

There was a knock on the door and I looked past David as Selene stuck her head inside

"My apologies I didn’t realize you had a guest" She started to duck out, but stopped long enough to add so "Our next appointment is in an hour"

"Thank you I’ll be ready soon" I nodded at her as she closed the door quietly

"Well, I’ll let you get dressed," David said

"I have aonforward to eted schools that had cut art training out of the budget Art was so that I was passionate about and I didn’t want children to miss out on the opportunity to express their creativity

"I’d like to hear about it" He walked to the door before stopping to smile at me "Should I call your secretary andyou while Saht?"

"Yeah" He shook his head "ThatI think he has planned out my bathroom schedule"

"I’ll have Selene find out e both have free time"

"Hopefully soon" He opened the door, smiled at me, and then closed it behind hi swamped over me Fear, excitement, and pure adrenaline If I didn’t know any better I felt like I wanted to giggle and squeal Instead I acted like the adult I was and got dressed while I danced around the roo my booty in the ht of a date before

That was, until a thought hit me like a ton of bricks What if he had only asked me out because he felt sorry for me? The pathetic princess stuck in a tower that he needed to rescue? It could be that he didn’t want to see ht After all, he had leftbothered

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