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He gave her a cold look, his eyes narrowed and his jaw set Cole suddenly ie, do you want ?”

“What? No!” She wasa mess out of this

“You were ready to get rid of aveyou to the rehearsal dinner and the wedding”

“I wasn’t trying to get rid of you” She closed her eyes “I thought ere getting caught up in the pretense”

Cole looked at the floor and shuffled his feet She saw the tips of his ears turn bright red “I know that last night was”

Aweso Incredible Take your pick She held her breath as she waited for Cole’s next words

He exhaled and started again “Last night you gave me comfort when I needed it”

She blinked as he said those words in a rush “Coave him her heart and soul She showed him how she felt with every touch and every kiss

“You’re iht I didn’t know if I was out of your life or back in your bed You obviously don’t knohat you want but I don’t want to be pushed out and then pulled back in over and over I’ve had enough of that in ot back to where we are friends and I don’t want to risk that over last night”

She flinched as his words drove into her like a twisted knife Friends? They just ie swiped the tip of her tongue along her dry lips “Do you usually have sex with your friends?”

“I’ve never had a friend as a woman,” he admitted “It’s different with you I think this is all I can handle right now”

That hurt She loved hih She was in the saht they were getting closer Instead, she pushed hiuy didn’t want a second chance anymore She’d scared him off The best he could offer was friendship