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"Okay" He dropped his hand from the small of my back and headed for the table of food When I looked back across the rooone I scanned the roo Soone But then so was Pepper and Rachel She ry?" Euaca my name I’ll be back"

I stood there byplayed low on the air Connor’s gazeHe sent e of breaking away to join ood date should do Only I realized I didn’t want to get trapped in small talk with him just yet

Before he could reachroouest bathroouest room I heard footsteps behindto check up on me Fortunately, the bathroom was unoccupied I slipped inside, but didn’t have a chance to shut the door all the way behind an slid inside before I fully realized as happening He locked the door behind hi his ar at ?" I de with that tool?"

"I beg your pardon?"

"You heard hed, but the sound rang brittle, so I cut it short and just stared at hilare

"Hardly" Studying his face, I could see that he was serious For once thathumor was nowhere in evidence "There is no reason for you to be jealous We’re not a thing"

He said nothing, just stared at me with those bitter-hard eyes The blue was like so," he echoed, his lips uns He usually always smiled Even on those rare occasions when he was serious, he had that derisive sht Not now

Suddenly the bathroom felt claustrophobic "Look We don’t really know each other And you agreed to back off--"

"Maybe I changed hed nervously "Don’t be ridiculous I have a date out there You haveRachel" So they were just friends, but she had co here" Ito happen here You need to step away fro here Like we haven’t been dancing around it for weeks now, Georgia" He jabbed a finger toward"You started this"

I backed up, sing, ht at the kink club That kiss And then I showed up at his baseball garoupie

I sucked in a deep breath "I ad either one of us can’t find with someone else Someone more appropriate"