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Hit the Wall Rochelle Paige 12070K 2023-09-02

I nodded rill in front of us "And how does he knohat I want to order?"

"I didn’t want the ht of the week, so I ordered a few different dinners for each of us This e can enjoy ourselves without anyone interrupting us And you get to try a little bit of anything that sounds good to you It’s a in"

And there he went shocking the hell out of ain and realized exactly how much food there was on it "What about all the leftovers? There’s no way the two of us are going to be able to eat all of that"

"Ditching leftover food is an easy problem to solve You can take souys at the house will devour anything I bring back to the you really like as you want"

I peeked at the grill, where the chef was preparing a gigantic ht sets of what looked like a shrimp appetizer of some kind "You really do rinned at ht have gone a little overboard"

I reached out and place my hand over his "No, you went exactly the perfect a to do, Jackson"

He nodded before he grabbed his sake and gulped down the rest "How about s of that, too?" I teased him

"Nah I thought about it but then I wouldn’t be able to drive you ho his broad shoulders "Hell, neither of us would even remember this date if we drank thatI know I’m a bartender, so this will probably shock you, but I hardly ever drink I would say I make for a cheap date, but you’ve pretty uess it’s a good thing you can drink all the tea you want" He poured me a cup and put it by my plate "You don’t have to finish the sake if you don’t want it"

"No, I really like hoaret some food into you," he said as he handed my plate to the chef so he could pile so him his own plate I really liked how it felt when he did s me food

"Delicious," I declared as I tooka little bit of anything that caughtWe had chicken, two different kinds of steak, etables The chef made a volcano with an onion that he set on fire and kept doing tricks like tossing shri and the food was a It was absolutely the best dinner date I could ever re

"I’et comfortable I really had eaten too aze landed on my bare skin "Here, let me help with that" He reached over to move my hand out of the way and replace it with his His warently rubbed in circles

"Jackson," Iof his touch

"Kaylie?"

"Yeah," I said drowsily

"Ready for the next part of our date?"

My eyes popped open at his question "Next part?"

"I thought we’d take a little detour on the way back to caood as the rest of the night has been, then count me in," I answered

The waiter boxed up all the leftovers and put thes for us to take Jackson handed hi at the bill He carried both bags as he led me out of the restaurant to his truck and helpedpretty easily Jackson , but he sure knehat he was doing

He turned the music on low and switched it to an alternative rock station The Foo Fighters came on, and I leaned back in my seat to enjoy the music Jackson drove to the outskirts of town to the lake and pulled off the road onto a dirt path We drove a fewto a summer cabin He parked in the driveway and hopped out before I even thought to ask ere doing here