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My heart fluttered like a little bird "I think you kind of picked yourself"

"Whatever," he chuckled, and then leaned overas left of the cheese and his soda on the nightstand

"You know, there’s a stand on your side," I pointed out

He leaned back against the cushions and gave a lopsided shrug "Yours is better," he said, and I laughed at the absurdity that was all him "But it’s hard to believe that you don’t do this"

"I don’t" I lifted a shoulder and so what I did to you"

A slow grin curled his lips "I did too I really, really liked it Basically, whenever you feel the need to do it, you just letI’ll , I shook my head "I’ll keep that in s at the ankles "Seriously, though, I didn’t expect that Made it all thepossibly theat my soda "It never felt like that I mean, anytime I did that before, I kind of felt like I had to, you know?"

A moment passed "No I don’t know Explain?"

"Guys just kind of expect it," I said, toying with the tab on the can "No one goes ho to chat"

There was another stretch of silence "Maybe people shouldn’t go ho" His words were clipped, stern

My head jerked up and our gazes met "I’m not sure if that was an insult or not"

He frowned "It’s not an insult You should never feel like you owe a guy that No ave you a million dollars"

I raised my brows "Ate me out or a million dollars? Nice use of exaave "

His frown turned into a scowl

"I was joking," I added softly

Tanner’s stare was unnerving "Have you ever been… forced into doing that, Andrea?"

His question caused me to flinch back "What? No! That’s not what I meant It’s just so really sank in The soda curdled in e chunks of cheese into one ho to I’d done that, because at that tiht there were no other options Stupid There were always options Like "no," for exahts I really couldn’t remeoing with this Sweat dotted my palht I didn’t knohat that s because I felt like I had to, or not re what I did sorab hold of those thoughts