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I wanted to say no, but Josh had worked his ht? No deciding

In spite of everything, I opened my mouth and said…

“OK Sure”

Chapter 16

CASSIDY

The lobby of the Shelton about da out of another tie do over the whole affair

And it must’ve been quite obvious how stunned I was, as I spotted Josh giving rin

“Like it?”

“It’s a I’d alondered what this place looked like on the inside, ever since I was a little girl”

“Never thought to come in?”

I shook my head “No When you’re, um, from not the richest family in the world you tend to think places like this are off-liured they’d spot my clothes and throw me out on my ass”

He laughed

“So funny?”

“No I h school—it’s not like you earing a barrel with straps on it or so holes cut out”

I couldn’t stop e “I know, I know It’s pretty irrational Still…” I gestured to the well-dressed uys wore nothing but designer brands and all that I was totally out of fashion, on top of being in the throes of teenage aardness”

“That’s so else I remember”

“What, my aardness?”