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I stared at hi that he could think so little of the arts when his own daughter was a studio arts ine that," I murmured

The waiter appeared then and we placed our orders

His gaze settled on h he had seen me over the holidays he winced at the dyed streaks inHe’d already voiced his disapproval I was spared froain

"So How’s school?"

"Good" I sipped frolass of water "I’ve been busy on several pieces for the upco to Bill Wetherford"

At my blank look, he added, "Of Wetherford Enterprises?"

I nodded like that rang a bell He was looking at me like I should know the company

Apparently he could see I didn’t "It’s one of the largest toilet paper manufacturers in the United States Anyway Turns out Wetherford is interested in creating an in-house design tean tea"

Thankfully, our food arrived right then and he became more interested in his prime rib Conversation was intermittent after that and he took twoBeth as she ca other diners It seereat effort not to look ht up Shaw

I don’t knohy I had mentioned him We weren’t really friends Sure, I hadn’t kissed any other guy since I e At least I assuht at a kink club would result in anything less Annie had texted ht

"So E anyone?"

I shook e of Shaw fro Best to focus on your studies and get your career off the ground"

I nodded like that was it Like that was the reason I wasn’t seeing anyone The reason I couldn’t letto a kink club It had nothing to do with trying to get a guy out of ers flexing on the leather steering wheel as if finding the right grip would sothen my shaky resolve Annie offered to drive, but that was oneMy stomach was full of knots as I followed her across town, and I wasn’t sure why Deciding to go to the kink club was a lot easier in theory Right nohen it was about to become a realityit was a lot harder than I had expected

I parked behind Annie on a residential street The houses were nice, middle-class homes Two-storied with driveways scraped fresh of snow

Shaw had texted nored hiiven up or he was just super busy Pepper had mentioned that Reece went to visit hi on for some rich client, so there was merit in that theory

Still, as I stepped fro what he was doing tonight I couldn’t iht alone, but Pepper hadn’t mentioned that she or Reece had plans with him Was he at Maisie’s?