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The tender flesh of his lips grazes the edge ofrockets down my spine so intensely, I feel the jolt all the way in the tips of my toes Ryan pulls back, and there’s a look in his eye—an intense sense of spatial and electrophysical awareness—that is so beyond the scope of what I’ht now, it’s not even funny

My throat tightens and my stomach pulses How can such a simple mismovement make me feel…like this?

I have to get soet it now I don’t knohat kind of oxymoron voodoo it is when the most straitlaced o put a cork in ina, stat

“Here, Mo the fresh bouquet of flowers fro Her head jerks up and away from Sal in surprise, but I pretend like I don’t see it—like I’ weird at all “Let me put these in some water” I tilt my head to the table in the other roouys take a seat in the dining roo the food out?”

“I sure can’t wait to get a taste of that meatloaf of yours, Stell,” Sal says and reaches out to take s her focus back to hirateful Slowly, they walk toward the dining roorowing distance between us isn’t enough to drown out their voices couess, you made it extra thick, didn’t ya?”

My les “Of course, I did You know I love my meat thick”

I blink three ti around the L-shaped counter and freeze What in the ever-loving-fuck did I just hear?

No I don’t want to know I really don’t want to know

Continuing to the cabinet to grab a couple vases, I shake my head to clear it I take doo tall crystal containers and start filling them ater, but when a throat clears behind , I realize I’m not alone

Ryan has followed me

“What can I do to help?” he asks, setting the bottles of wine on the counter gently, their glass bases ranite