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"Don’t sassand temptation all at once

I should have come back at him with more sass than he could handle, but I wasn’t sure if it was safe to do that And in an odd way, I wanted to please him So I nodded and replied "Yes, sir"

Before I could be disgusted withthe thigh he’d probably bruised "That’s better," he whispered, then leaned in to claiht there in front of the whole da the server could walk up at any time to witness our make-out session

He broke the kiss just as quickly as he had initiated it and leaned back, his hand still on h as if he owned it and wanted to ree hair and lots of freckles appeared ItHe seemed to be flushed red, and I wondered if he had attempted to approach us seconds before when our lips had been passionately locked He wouldn’t lookthat was the case I hoped so, because otherwise, it would be a shame if his skin was always so red He already had all those freckles and that horrible orange hair A good stylist could fix that and give him more of an auburn color that would at leastMy naet you to drink?" He sounded nervous

"A bottle of 1990 Chave Here," Gannon ordered, as if sure that this place would have such an unknown French wine in the States It also happened to be lasses while I stared at Gannon, trying to decide if this was a joke "Yes, sir," Greg responded, and he walked away

"Did you just order a bottle of Her to decide if I ht have misheard him

Gannon looked down atto say

"That’s a French red wine that happens to be my favorite but you can’t find it easily in the States and definitely not at a restaurant like this You ordered a vintage Herhtened on h

When he did this, I knew I’d stepped over the line he kept invisibly drawn before us So that should annoyme to cross it

"I don’t need a wine lesson I’h-maintenance woman," he finished with an exasperated h- hi his line

He turned back to hed "Yes, sweetheart, I did You are the h-ood at all But he was probably correct in that assuh-maintenance Still, it was rude for him to say that "That’s rude," I told him

"As are you,brilliantly sassy when the server appeared with the wine I was a little e I found it hard to believe that Gannon had just randouess "How did you know this was my favorite?" I asked

"Because I care," he said sian to order our first course without consulting me I was relieved to hear that it was tuna tartare, so I didn’t complain But a part of me wanted to Just because

Between quips and sot very little out of Gannon He, however, found out that I lived in Rose, and that I had two siblings fro from my mother whom I was very close to, and a nephew I adored

So all questions directed at him StubbornI’d ever done, but I was drunk and pissed off I wasn’t walking htwhere I wanted to go

Right after I dropped off this little note to Nan I stu the code I knew by heart, then disabled her alarlanced down at ear I’d thought this shit through Over eight shots of tequila

Right there on her kitchen counter, I placed a note It was siiven ive her This one wouldn’t have any lovely love sonnets or whatever the hell were in them Nopethis one would have the truth What she needed to know

Because damn if she wasn’t innocent She was too superficial and worried about her next manicure and trip to Paris to be in with a criminal That wasn’t Nan If Cope didn’t see that yet, then he wasn’t as great as everyone thought he was He needed work

The thing was, I didn’t think he believed that Nan was involved with anything He’d been watching her as she ate, slept, watched the fucking TV, showered, and whatever the hell else she did for two months He knew she was innocent Why he was determined to prove otherwise I wasn’t sure But she needed to know it

I looked around her house one last tie of sadness I’d miss Nan I’d miss the fun tiht have been the one for me Maybe if I’d loved her when she had wanted ed my life But I hadn’t, and now she was out of my reach