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I have to laugh at the Pleasantville picture he’s painted "Then what are you asking me?"

"For a date," he says siain--"

My body sings in delight

"--or ain"

I watch as he rakes a hand through his reddish hair Daers could be so hot?

"I don’t care when You want to grab a bite late at night, fine Early in theto play by your rules, adapt to your schedule"

Pleasure and suspicion war inside me, but the latter wins out "Why? I mean, I knoe rocked each other’s worlds, but why are you so hard up on seeing aze Then he freaks , "Do you believe in love at first sight?"

Oh s me back onto the bench with a deep chuckle "Chill, Sabrina I’ I’ breath, I set my half-eaten sandwich on my lap and try to muster up a tone that doesn’t convey the scared-shitless feeling racing through ?"

"I’d seen you around caht at Malone’s," he adht you were hot, but it’s not like I was desperate to find out who you were"

"Gee, thanks"

"Make up your mind, darlin’ Do you want ive a shit?"

Both! I want both, and that’s the probleht at the bar, e ical happened," he says bluntly "I know you felt it too"

I pick upextra slow in order to delay having to respond He’s freaking aze and his uy who can throw out phrases like "love at first sight" and "so the decency to blush or look mortified

Finally, I forcethat happened was that we likedPherorees "But there was more to it than that, and you know it There was a connection the moment we looked at each other"

I raisenearly half of it

"I want to explore it I think we’d be stupid not to"

"And I think…" I struggle for words "I think…"

I think you’re thein bed and I want to fuck you again