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"I love you," he whispered

"What’s not to love?" she teased

"Indeed," Fane muttered under his breath

Decebel stepped back into the roo at anyone he walked across the rooht?" The words revealed soruff as ever

Jen was beginning to get frustrated with his odd aloofness towards her What the hell, she thought, if he doesn’t care why even freaking bother to ask Just like earlier she decided to handle his coldness hat she did best, flirting

"I could be better," she told hiht pout Out of the corner of her eye she winked at Sally, as giving her a questioning look

"What does thatpossible

"It just means that my circumstances could be improved, which in turn would make me feel better," she told him innocently

Jacque was in her bed with her hand over her hter as she watched her friend work her ic The funny part was that Decebel had obviously never met anyone like Jen He didn’t look like he knehat to do Jacque had a feeling that uncertainty was not an emotion that Decebel often felt

When he didn’t respond to her, Jen crooked her finger at hi that she wanted hirabbed the front of his shirt and pulled him until he had to support himself on the bed with his hands and his ear was next to her mouth Sally and Jacque watched her whisper to hiid with statuesque grace After a moment he stood up, took one last look at Jen, and without a word turned and walked out of the roo as soon as the door clicked "Man, that was rich," she said, still giggling

"Would you like to share, my wicked little friend, what you did to poor Decebel?" Sally asked her with one eyebrow raised

"A lady never kisses and tells" Jen grinned and winked at Sally

"There are two very obvious problems with that statement," Jacque started

"Yah, yah I’m not a lady, and I didn’t kiss him, blah blah Details, details rinned to herself She couldn’t believe the boldness in the words she had whispered to Decebel, but it served hi such a butt head to her She was justso as the har to contradict her thoughts

Chapter 11

After Fane had gone back into the rooirls, Lilly had her mini panic attack and was able to calm dohen Alina told her she would slap her if she didn’t "So he’s on his way here, as in now?" Lilly asked Vasile