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"I do know you, Anna And I’lances at me on the bike for half a beat and adds, "Be careful with this guy, Anna" He says it like he knows so

I wonder how he knows anything about me and Cole It must have been Emma She h me I didn’t think it was necessary to tell her not to discuss

I start the bike and say, "I can take care of et to your interview or you’ll be late"

He laughs, "I’m never late I’m still early actually" That was probably true He is always early It irritatedEverywhere ent, he had to arrive half an hour early Edward looks from his watch to ers on the handlebars and looks up atthis conversation over "I gotta go" Edward steps aside and I rev the engine and pull away froarage and on the street zipping through earlytraffic

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I stop on the side of the Long Island Expressway and grab a cup of coffee Thethe white fluffy clouds strewn across the sky If I was still in high school, I’d be drawing clouds today I had one art teacher as always excited when those fluffy white ones appeared I didn’t understand why until I tried to draw one It turns out that drawing clouds is hard Mine looked like floating bricks There was nothing light and fluffy about them

I pull out h I won’t have time to see Emma until this weekend, but I have to know if she told her brother about me and Cole

I text her as I sip my coffee

Me: Hey E about Cole?

A fewback right away, but s

E to u about hie thisHe warned me away from Cole Wondered how he knew

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Me: OK Just asking Will u b around tonight?

Emma: Yup Catch up then?

Me: Hell yeah Lots to tell u

For a second I just stared at the screen How did he know about Cole? And did Edward really know so withvery uneasy

I poured the rest of the coffee downback into the traffic Why I took the LIE is beyond ot out onto the Island a little ways, it would clear up In thethe occasional driver as horrified of et away fro air on a apprehension fro the situation with Cole full access to o the way I planned I wantout the woman in the red dress was his attorney doesn’t make me feel better At first it did, then I realized that if she’s around thatI wish he’d ask me for help or at least lean on me a little, but Cole is so closed off He keeps his emotions close to his chest and it’s hard to tell what he’s thinking But after last night, I did learn one thing--I doto him--I just have no idea what

CHAPTER 3

"Regina, we have a full calendar today so I need you to fix the sets as we rotate through That way as soon as the next client is here, we can start"

Regina looks up at reen top she wears makes the color more awesome and her crop pants are so cute Like all Le Femme employees, she’s barefoot She nods, "No problee from your school They said they hadn’t received your internship papers yet and they need them back by the end of the week"

"By tohten and look at her I drop the rug I’ht The internship papers weren’t due until teeks after the internship was over That is four weeks away