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I sighed "You’re not listening to me, Josie He’s really not interested Let’s just say that he and I have a difference of opinion on so fairly important"

She leaned forward in her chair and that serious look returned "Michael used to visit me twice a week at the most These days he’s at my house every day He asks me if I’ve seen you and whether you’re okay He doesn’t ask et it into the conversation I saw hiive you those boxing gloves" She paused "He cares about you, irl, and I’ve only ever seen him care about a few people You can’t tell me that man is not interested in you"

I stilled and my heart skipped a beat She’d surprised me and I was stunned into silence

It’s just sex he wants

And yet, I knew that o to such extre and knew they had no hope of getting Griff could score whoever he wanted, whenever he wanted He didn’t need me for sex

"Well, that may all be true, but I don’t knohat to do with it because, like I said, he’s been very clear about what he wants"

She tsk’d "You need to show aabout sex here, Sophia You’re going to have to figure out why he’s being so stubborn, and show hi"

I had no idea on this, but I’d put so, she said, "He’s a good man Just a little bit lost, but I knoouide him back"

And then she was gone, but as she left, she placed a piece of paper in my hand

A piece of paper with an address on it

I sat outside Griff’s house for a good fifteen o in After Josie had left my house earlier, I’d tried to put this out ofabout it an hour later, I knew I had to coht I kneouldn’t sleep if I didn’t

It was nearly ten poing back and forth in my mind, I finally said ‘screw it’ and headed for his front door God kneould react to iventhe door, and the vision that greeted me when he did caused me to suck in my breath Griff stood in front of me, dressed only in shorts, his body slick with sweat, his hair rued look on his face

"Sophia What are you doing here?" he asked, and the pain in his voice blared like it had coht with hinal lanced down at ht"