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“What was his?”

“Riker”

Layton did a double take “Riker?” he repeated with a fair aht there Anyone name Riker is bound to be trouble”

She couldn’t argue that point “He was hot”

“So was she”

Alexis laughed, strangely enjoying the way they both flirted around the edges of so too hard for the other’s co truthful, she was terribly curious about the woh to break this man’s heart

If she were s surface level

But then if she were smart, she wouldn’t be in this position anyway, so why start now?

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THAT SASS WAS ADDICTIVE

Alexis was a ball of contradictions Hot and spirited and yet, beneath all that burning sex appeal was a girl who’d obviously been hurt enough to withdraw froain

He could understand Erik wanting to punch the last boyfriend’s lights out, because he was feeling a little punchy himself and he had no reason to

But turnabout was fair play so he let loose with a little intel “All rightyou shared, so I’ll give you so in return Her name was Julianne Jules for short”

Alexis snapped her fingers with a definitive shake of her head “Yep Gotta steer clear of anyone named Jules—immediate problem”

“Is that so?”