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Whoa All I could do was stare at his I’d ever heard cood, for that ods did when they were done with a conversation

Tipping my head back, I closed my eyes and exhaled slowly "This is sothe sun out of the sky, and I couldn’t even stiflelate for my Thursday study-date-that-wasn’t-a-real-date with Jesse I’d stayed up way too late last night with Erin andfor it with a mushy brain all day I had no idea how this study-session was going to have any bennies Well, I’d probably spend the whole session staring at Jesse’s face, and well, that was a benefit, and it was better than thinking about the Crazy Hot Guy fro bushes, I hopped up on the veranda along the side of the library Out of the corner of ainst the exterior wall, someone tall, and as both my feet hit the stone ay, the person pushed off the wall

"Josephine"

My breath caught at the sound of the voice I couldn’t easily forget and I spun around

It was him--the Crazy Hot Guy who lurked in stairwells Even in the di darkness, there was no way I wouldn’t recognize him Dumbly, all I could think was he kne to make a pair of distressed denis, because you know, that was an iain, the sleeves pushed up to the elbows, but it was black this time Yet another helpful, essential observation

My gaze trekked up his body, and I felt a little dizzy My le and plane, every square inch of his face, was so an artist would crave to sketch or paint His beauty…the longer I stared at him, the only word that caood start yesterday" Crazy Hot Guy shoved his hand out, extending long fingers "My name is Seth"

I stared at his hand, and then I stared at his face soolden eyebrow arched "This is the part where you shake my hand and say, ‘Hi, Seth, it’s so nice to , cajoling tone to his voice that left me unsettled as he lowered his hand to his side "Or not"

My heart ju away "I’ late and I…I really don’t know you"

"We’ve actually met In the stairwell Yesterday"

"That doesn’t count" I took another step back

"It does to me" He tilted his head to the side A strand of blond hair slipped free, kissing the curve of his high cheekbone "We need to talk"

"I don’t even knoho you are, other than being the crazy hot guy fro to talk about"

Seth’s one-sided grin went up another notch "You think I’m hot"

My cheeks heated I had said that, because I was an idiot and tended to babble when I was nervous "I also said you were crazy"