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“No That won’t do I want one of us together, so I’ll have it to reht” It wasn’t until the words were out of his ht sound Orthis very intense, undeniable attraction to her His sister’s friend—his friend

He knew following this attraction through to its logical conclusion would be a ht-stand kind of woet- type for him at this point in his life

He stopped his raotten into hio in this direction with Sylvie So why tonight? Was it being in Paris together? Was it one toosuccess?

He latched on to the last thought and clung to it like it was a life preserver and he was aand Sylvie was his life preserver?

The next thing he knew, she was standing next to him It was only natural to put his arm around her—for the picture, of course But then she leaned into hi

Just ignore it You’ve got this

“Sht he said it It was so hard to tell because he couldn’t hear his thoughts over the echo of his heartbeat

He snapped the picture There It was done

But when he went to move his arm, she said, “No Don’t Take one more”

There was a little voice in his head that said he should get while the getting was good, but that thought was drowned out by the thu of his heart It was just a picture And she was just a friend

He once more held the camera out in front of them “Okay Are you ready?”

When she didn’t respond, he turned to look at her It was the same moment that she turned her head to look at hiht

When he thought back upon thismoment This hen he should have turned away instead of staring deeply into her warht now they were saying that she wanted more from him than their platonic friendship And so help him, so did he So much more

Her heart pitter-pattered