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The answer sent thrills through my belly

It was obvious that he was flirting with me… and brazenly, at that

But I struggled to keep the upper hand

“It’s the wrong question,” I said

“Oh? What’s the right question?”

“What does an individual woman want? Wos”

“Well… what do you want?”

Oh my God

His voice…

I wasat the sound of it

And then my roommate spoke up

“I knohat Shanna wants,” Shanna slurred froet laid”

Then it hit uy; she’d brought hi him away from her

Me, with a boyfriend

Well, an ex-boyfriend… ould probably be ain within 24 hours

Time to bail

“I should leave you two,” I said, and o

Derek put out his hand “No – stay We’re having a very interesting conversation here”

“About the Wife of Bath,” I gentlyhim

“And the Wife of Bath’s tale And the deeper ”

I arched an eyebrow “About omen want”

“About what one woman in particular wants So?”

I paused and looked hiotten lost in those beautiful green depths so easily…

“Why do you care?”

He shrugged “Why shouldn’t I?”

“I don’t go around asking random people I meet what they want”

“Well, people aren’t all the same,” he said with a sly ss”

Okay… using ainst me like that? Pretty clever

I grinned “Touché But before I tell you… what do you want?”

“Right noant to find out more about you”

It was so obvious he was flirting with me

And any casual observer would think I was flirting with him

Maybe I was