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"Yes, sure," she said, tying her coat closed

The wind gusted around the, though she was feeling pretty darn cold

"I upset you," Luke said as they turned right on the sidewalk

She cast hi honest and I prefer honesty, even when it’s hard to s"

They passed a vacant shop, and Luke pulled her into the nook, out of sight, and wrapped her in his powerful ar into hers

"I’ hair from her face "I shouldn’t have said that about Gina so abruptly I’enetically prograet that ith our women"

"Your women?" she asked, surprised by the co hishers "My woman" He slanted his mouth over hers and clai, "You got so to say about that?"

"Maybe," she said

"Maybe?"

She leaned back, hands on his chest "This thing with Gina is bothering me, Luke It’sI honestly stay so detached at work that I focused on how good she is at her job, not personal likes or dislikes, which suddenly feels very shallow ofmoment "If anyone understands what it’s like to lock your eet the job done, I do"

But he’d been a soldier, in war This wasn’t what a person’s job was supposed to nize herself She didn’t understand as happening to her, and she wasn’t sure she could with Luke in her life, not when he took it over as he did Maybe he was even the reason she was such a et some work done" She pushed away from him and to her surprise, he let her Julie walked away fro alone Alone was fa on her oo feet, that she would take actions to protect herself, never getting caught off guard Alone meant she never had to walk away and be so ridiculously conflicted that she wanted someone – Luke – to pull her back, only to be disappointed when it didn’t happen

Gina ordered a sandwich at the nearby deli and waited patiently at the take out counter It didn’t surprise her that Julie had backed out of lunch People like Julie always thought they were above people like her She didn’t know much about Julie’s past, since Julie didn’t talk to her about anything, but she iined her boss must have been born with a silver spoon in herto have achieved such success

Gina hated her

If things had been different it would have been her who had such success The fake niceness Julie had handed out today sickened her Da lunch had been cancelled She wouldn’t want to be sick at the table, and eating with Julie ht just have done that to her