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I looked at hi what I had said e first ht our faces nose-to-nose There was an a , only our breaths tangling in the cold air between our lips Part of ry mouth to his, while another part of me screamed to run for the hills He shifted closer and I tilted my head up as his hand moved to cup my cheek
The front door was pulled open in a rush of warm air, and I alers closed around my elbow to help steady me I turned to look into Jess’s wide eyes and s trouble with your key again" Jess swung her gaze from Alex to me and back "I didn’t ht me home when my truck wouldn’t start" I clearedon my tiny front porch
"My pleasure" Alex winked athis head to Jess "Youhis hand out, I watched asunreal before slowly leaning out of the front door to shake it
"Yes Jess I am I mean, I am Jess Um, nice to meet you" Jess looked at me and then back at Alex She yanked her hand away from him "Sorry I didn’t mean to hold your hand like some kind of crazy stalker Boyfriend! Bert! My boyfriend is in the living rooreider with each word out of Jess’s h out loud I looked over Jess’s shoulder to see Bert staring at us with the saht This is my roommate, the not-stalker and that’s her boyfriend, Bert, back there" Bert raised his hand in greeting
"Nice to meet you both" Alex looked back atin the blues of his eyes "I’ll be in touch, Sa toseem very businesslike "I look forward to it" My heart stopped Had I really just added that? What rong with me?
"As do I" His eyes held mine before he bowed his head and backed down the steps I didn’t h the li, I shooed Jess back into the house and closed the door behind ainst the heavy wood and kicked the heels offat ed out of et it out of your systeer atto be bad
"His Royal Highness, Prince Alex, broughthihness, Prince Alex of the Yuht you home In a limo" Jess took a deep breath "And you were about to kiss hiht there On our porch!"
"What? No No I wasn’t" I shookto the kitchen
"I’m not blind, Saer and thumb up so I could see the sliver of space between the to kiss him!"
"Don’t be ridiculous He’s European They kiss cheeks That’s all" I fixed a glass of water before hauling myself up onto the counter
Bert followed us into the kitchen and leaned against the doorframe, his arms across his chest I didn’t like the look in his eyes Jess could jump to conclusions She was brilliant, but I also knew thatinvolved with Alex would be the stuff of her daydreauy with an eye for detail
"Look, I ht Alex When it was ti attendant saidto calm my nerves I could still smell him--it was like he had permeated all my senses "Some kind of princely chivalry That’s all"
"I’m not stupid, Sam I knohat I saw" Jess smiled "Prince Yummy likes you"
I shook my head and hopped down froht process before it got out of hand
"Even if he did, which he doesn’t, I’uy like that is nothing like what I want"
"We usually need exactly e think we don’t want" Bert’s quiet voice filled the tiny kitchen and Jess nodded her head like a madwoman
"Give me a break Save your psycho mumbo jumbo for someone else"
"What did they want to see you about, anyway?" Bert cocked his head to the side "Are they donating ram?"
"No" I let that rattle around in their heads for a minute "Apparently I’m royalty" You could’ve heard a pin drop because I was pretty sure they had both stopped breathing "Go figure, right?" I refilled iant fra for h?" I stopped at my door and turned to look at Jess and Bert, ere both standing in the doorway staring atJess e football jersey and fuzzy socks"