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"My behavior? You’ll have to enlightenout of context, flew off the handle, and headed out to bury your relationship sorrows--balls deep--in another woman"

He eased closer to me "You’re jealous"

I rolled my eyes "Please My shallow infatuation with you is done As they say in the movies: you killed it dead"

That jaw rated, "Then what did you want to talk to allery s, casting shadows over his face The face that I’d lovingly kissed Stay on topic, Nat "I’h on his plate without all this"

"Agreed," Sevastyan said "What do you suggest I do?"

"I suggest we go in there and tell him that we’ve worked out our differences and can be civil We’ll tell him that we’ve ended whatever it was between us, so you can continue to live here I think if we present a unified front, it will ease his mind"

Sevastyan parted his lips, but I interrupted him: "This isn’t up for debate" I turned away and strode toward the study

He passedover his shoulder, "I haven’t been with anyone else"

I stutter-stepped My heart did the same "Should I believe that?" For the second ti him: Say yes, say yes

"I don’t care if you do or not" I’d never seen the Siberian this ice cold

But I did believe him Well, hell, then he hadn’t been axed from my decision tree? Maybe that meant it wasn’t over with him?

He added, "I was called away by work concerns"

In other words, he’dSo over! "You’re such a dick," I e smile onto both of you Aleksei, it’s good to see you here And with Natalie!"

"Can we speak with you for awhen his eyes twinkled even brighter than usual Hemore than: we’re totes just friends!

"Of course Sit, sit"