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“You need water,” he said, and got busy filling a glass from the sink behind him

The bathroom was tiny We both barely fit Given Lauren’s and my money situation, the hotel had been the best we could afford She’d been deteroal had been a bit different Despite the presence of my hot new friend, I was pretty sure I’d failed The pertinent parts of s hurt after the first couple of tiht have been the only part of rief

Still, I took a quick peek down the front of e could still be seen, tucked into the side ofthere, strapped to ht unprepared The condo Or et back on the horse, so to speak, and then not re it would have been horrible

The lass of water and placed two pills into my hand He then sat back on his haunches to watch me He had an intensity to him that I was in no condition to deal with

“Thanks,” I said, then sed the aspirin Noisy rumbles rose from my belly Nice, very ladylike

“Are you sure you’re okay?” he asked His glorious mouth twitched into a smile as if we shared a private joke between us

The joke being me

All I could do was stare Given my current condition, he was just too much The hair, face, body, ink, all of it Soh to describe hi moment it dawned on me that he expected an answer to his question I nodded, still unwilling to unleash riood,” he said

He was certainly attentive I didn’t knohat I’d done to deserve such kindness If I’d picked up the poor guy with proht with runtled Maybe he hoped I’dIt seeer

Under norue and (for the sake of my pride) worlds away from my type I liked clean-cut Clean-cut was nice Bad boys were highly overrated God knows, I’d watched enough girls throw themselves at my brother over the years He’d taken what they’d offered if it suited him, and then moved on Bad boys weren’t the stuff serious relationships were ht, just a positive sexual experience So a smear of blood on the back seat of his parents’ car God, what a horrible irl on the track tea rumors about me I hadn’t been made bitter or twisted by this event at all

What had happened last night? My head reinto you,” he said “You want ht of food was not fun Not even coffee appealed and coffee always appealed I was half tempted to check myself for a pulse, just in case Instead, I pushedit out ofhard at my scalp “Crap”