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Seriously? Straight teeth? That’s what she noticed?

Her heart didn’t even pitter let alone patter

“Yup, you are definitely on speaker”

“Well, I gotta go, you two Chris is here to pick me up”

“Think about what I said,” her uncle ordered

“I will Love you both Bye!”

She hung up before Mark could provide any additional words of wisdom but had to admit her interest was piqued It was summer She didn’t have to work She could use this time to reconnect with people she hadn’t seen in years People she knew as a kid but were now strangers Maybe it would be good for her to spend soest mistakes Cathartic She wasn’t a careless teen anymore She was a respected member of society Plus, she had a place to live Work to keep her busy

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“Hey, sweetheart,” Chris said over the jangle of bells as he walked into the diner He caht to her and dropped a quick kiss on her upturned lips

No zip

No zing

No wham

No pow

Not even a flicker of excitement or arousal

Danoring since…well, basically since her first date with Christopher

He was a dud A nice ood apartood-on-paper

“Hi, honey,” she said, giving hirabfor dinner?”

His eyebrows dren and a frown marred his face “What’s with the outfit?”