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"I’m a friend, Julie," he said "I hope you’ll remember that You can coed everything between the with a friend You had a relationship She sut at that claiht take you up on that and ask you to, oh I don’t know, do so like put brakes on et one"

"You don’t want to pay 600 a month to park it, anymore than you can stand to sit in traffic rather than take the subway"

"You don’t forget anything do you?"

"Nothing," he said softly "Especially where you’re concerned"

The confession took her off guard and left her tongue tied Where had the sexy seductress persona she’d created to deal with one to? And why did his confession make that ball of emotion in her chest turn into a boulder? "Maybe you should," she said, knowing they were on dangerous territory, desperate to find safe ground, justifying that desperation with the fact that Lauren was et," he said "It didn’t work"

He’d tried and it didn’t work? What did that et the chance to ask He tossed cash on the table, including the dollar she’d given hiet out of here?"

She shook herself inside and told herself it didn’t et out of here" This didn’t have to be about emotions They were in each other’s heads The best way to fix that was to stop talking Talking co led to eo It ay past tiet back to the hotel room They’d work each other out of their systems and move on Maybe then, when this burn they created in each other was through, they really could be friends

The crowd at the front desk had thinned and it didn’t take Julie long to get what she needed In a matter of minutes, she and Luke were at her rooht

"It works," she said, ss," Luke said, disappearing and reappearing quickly She held her door open as he rolled her bag inside Once she’d joined hihtened her throat and sent flutters through her stoave her control She didn’t feel in control at all

He settled the suitcase in the corner by the desk and turned to face her "We’ll want to be at the airport early to be sure we’re on the first flight out I say we should leave no later than eight"

"Should we go earlier?"

"I called and talked to a contact at the airport," he said "Nothing is leaving before ten"