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I find the guy she’s talking about He looks like your typical stuffed shirt corporate ass, and he’s scanning the roo pissed

"Your nehs "My date"

I look again, uy?" I can’t keep the surprise from my voice He’s definitely not who I would picture her with

She rolls her eyes "It’s a set-up Trust me, I would never choose to spend three hours in a confined space with hi her sle of people "Bad breath?" I ask

"Try bad soul," she corrects me "He’s a heartless lawyer"

"Is there any other kind?" I quip

"Hey!" She lightly hitsdown at her in surprise "I would never have guessed"

"Why, because I haven’t billed you for the dance--yet?"

I laugh again This girl is funny "No, because you’re… I don’t know, nothing like any of the lawyers I know"

"I’ll take that as a corin "That ive you a pass, this tienerous," I tease "See, that’s why people don’t clock you as a lawyer"

Noelle glances over ain "Damn, I think he’s spotted rabs my hand and yanks h

"Look, he’s coshallway "Hurry!" she hisses Her shoes clatter on theto stare as we charge past

"In here," I say, spotting a doorway leading outside I pull her through to the dark courtyard and hustle her into a corner of the shrubbery I peer back towards to the door "Did we lose him?"

"I don’t know" Noelle’s voice is breathy

I turn She’s backed up against the wall, so close I can feel her heart racing in her chest The torches nearby cast a soft glow across her face, her eyes shining in the diht

Damn, she’s beautiful

I watch, transfixed as she takes a shaky breath Her eyes drift to my mouth, and she unconsciously bites her plump lower lip