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"You are ridiculous" Her voice was soft

"Maybe"

A long moment stretched out between us and then with a heavy, obviously annoyed sigh, she walked to the bed and sat by rabbed her ar "Now I’m happy"

Part of me expected Andrea to pull away and bounce off the bed, but she did neither, and I took that as a positive sign When her pink lips parted on a soft inhale, the need to taste those lips punched through et It shocked et it, but I didn’t want to question it in that ood And eren’t at each other’s throats

"What did you want to tell aze followed the shape of her lips "I didn’t want to tell you anything I wanted to ask you so"

The corners of her lips twitched as if she were fighting a smile "What did you want to ask me?"

Our faces were inches apart when I looked up "What are youme for dinner?"

Andrea blinked and then she laughed--loudly and deeply, an infectious and rich laugh that warers I saw on Kitchen Nightmares They used ood"

Ah, fuck ot recipes off of a reality TV show "I’ll grill therill"

"I can take hi the pale blue strap of her bra I reached between us, slipping e of her tank top As I drew it back up her shoulder, the backs ofher chest to rise with a deep breath

Her eyes widened, and I sed a groan when the tip of her tongue darted out, wetting her lower lip Neither of us spoke as I straightened her top Emboldened by the lack of protest, I trailedin the feel of her skin I stopped where her hand rested on her hip

"What…what are you doing, Tanner?" she asked again

Such an important question, but truth was, I really didn’t know, because it wasn’t about what I was doing right that second It washad shifted between Friday and today, and I really wasn’t sure what the fuck that meant or why or any of that