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"Not a proble, but he didn’t break out the bedrooirlfriend over there?"

Uh-oh, I thought I could feel the toward me, and I paid close attention to the honeydew melon on my fork

"Ah, just a friend, actually"

Hht?" she asked

How very bold of her

"No, we’re leaving straightaway"

"My cousin thinks you’re hot--"

"Oh,for me, thanks

After a few minutes, Kaidan sat down across from me He stared at ot aboutemotion hidden was hard, constant work

"Never a dullcontrol The twist in my stomach madebite of the bagel, which was burned

"You’re cute when you’re jealous" He popped the bite in his mouth

My eyes widened and then narrowed

"Besides," he said, "just a pair of ninnies"

I looked over at the girls now sitting with a large gathering of their fa and old, in complete content the day

"Anna" Kaidan hesitated, and I looked up at hi" He flicked bits of burned bread around his plate

"Oh," I said "Well It’s okay Just an accident"

"No" He shook his head, dragging out the end of the word "People don’t accidentally lose their tes It was a conscious decision"

"Well, I’et about it"

He blinked at ave him a small smile and took a sip of my juice He leaned back in his chair and observed e juice, Ann? Does it have a touch of lilass paused at my lips as I processed his innuendo, and I took a second to make sure my embarrassue a