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"Hey, beautiful"

I started a little and then s an ar the hard press of his body againstup at him, I knew my heart was in ht I woke up at his house after Justin’s attack, I held nothing back I loved him and made no effort to hide it It was in my every word My every action We’d become as bad as Pepper and Reece Inseparable other than e had to part froood

Granted, a lot of our ti each other At his house or h of each other--but we also spent a lot of ti I had started learning how to airbrush Shaw kept bringing pieces ofto work side by side with hi to open his shop by the fall He’d already found a space, and I was hoping to be ready by the ti his bikes He claimed I was ready, that I was better than the professionals he’d worked with before, but I still wanted more practice I wanted to be a real asset to his business Our business He insisted that ere in this together--or as much as I wanted to be And I wanted to be

He lowered his oose bu at e closet and hike up this little black dress of yours--"

"Hey, guys! Sorry we’re late Parking was a bear"

Face flaht in my chest, I looked up as Suzanne, Pepper, and Reece closed in I hugged the girls as Reece and Shaw shook hands

"Thanks so uys"

Pepper and Suzanne stood back to ad" Pepper squeezed my hands excitedly

Suzanne shook her head in awe as she stood directly in front of the painting "Oh ood!"

"Thank you" I glanced around "Where’s Georgia?"

Pepper and Suzanne exchanged looks "You haven’t heard from her?"

I frowned "No"

"We haven’t seen her since this lanced at each of theed "I know she planned on coht"

"Maybe she’s with" Suzanne’s voice faded suggestively She lifted her eyebrows irl Don’t worry about her," Reece cut in, waving over a waiter carrying a tray of chalass and lifted them up in the air

"To Emerson," Shaw declared "As talented and brilliant as she is beautiful Inside and out"

My friends ahhed and heat crawled overkiss to my mouth "And I love her"

Glasses clinked as we all toasted I looked froiddy butterflies fluttering throughwithwith eht possible"

He kissed ainst "