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CHAPTER EIGHT

DANIKA

We quickly developed a pattern, and five days later, we’d gone out dancing nearly every night

I was a restless person I always had been I foundas to co in the ht me back to the moment nearly every second I was in his co, to know, just know, that whatever was going on right noorth attending to I didn’t have to look forith Tristan I lived in the present, and I loved it

"Are you getting sick of over sandwiches?" Tristan asked as he handedht about it, I wasn’t sick of one thing about him We’d been inseparable since nearly theold

"I actually have a proet to see me work It’s this new club, over off Paradise You’ll finally get towhat day of the week it was "I have a thing tonight"

He stopped eating, watching "

"Care to elaborate? Is this a date type of thing, or a girls’ night type of thing?"

I blinked at hi a weekly date What on earth had I said that would ht"

"Where at?" he asked, taking a bite

I studied hih his ed "I thought ht and join you You’reall of irls’ night, so…"

He shrugged "I’ll finagleuntil four in the , so you’ll still be out by the time we’re done"

His eyes narrowed on ?"

I poked a finger into his chest That only served to turn his glare into a smile "You aren’t invited Don’t sweat it It’s just a sether You’d be bored to tears in five minutes"

"What time does it start?"

"Early And it ends early"

"Do you all sit around and talk, or like watch chick flicks?"

I sighed "We sit around and talk and drink cocktails There’s not a thing about it you’d be interested in Just go and do your usual routine tonight Don’t worry your pretty little head about it"

That lit his face up with hisme to come"

I shook my head "You’re a whack-job, you know that? I a you off"

That had his eyes narrowing again "You’re hiding so to ask Bev what this is all about

I lifted my chin "Go for it She’ll tell you what I just did Girls only No boys allowed"

He sighed, finally looking resigned about the whole thing "Fine What about toht? We on for tomorrow?"

I s the issue I really didn’t want Lucy to get a load of him She wouldn’t believe for a second that he and I were purely platonic Hell, even I didn’t really believe it

"We’re on," I told hi the last bite of his sandwich

"I told the boys I’d sith them after breakfast"

"You said you’d sith us for four hours!" Ivan called fro down his blueberry pancakes

"I said four hours or until you said uncle," I called back I took a huge bite out of my sandwich, stuffed but unable to throw it away

Tristan snagged the last bit out ofit

"Lucky for you, I have swim trunks packed," he said after he’d washed the bite doith a long drink of his water

"Oh, darn I was hoping you’d have to borrow a bikini frohed "You’ll have to remember that the next time you win a bet"

Tristan was competitive In fact, he took the tere, fros’ favorite, and he liked to gamble with it Always Even my mundane life was never dull, with Tristan around