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“I norood I normally look like I want a man to want me I definitely don’t look like thislike I’ Conner would never buy that you were suddenly infatuated withan effort How do you think I caught his attention so fast?”

Titus did that guy thing where his lashes lowered and his eyes started at the top of my head and skimmed all the way down to my toes in a way that I could almost feel I saw his chest rise and fall and his pulse jump a little at the side of his neck

“You look just fine the way you are You look better like this than most women do when they put in the effort You don’t need to try, and if a guy makes you think you do, then he’s a dipshit Get whatever you need and let’s get out of here”

I ht have fallen over or stripped off all ht there was a chance he would catchthat nice to me in my life Sure, I had heard I was pretty I had heard I was more than pretty, but they were holloords when they came from mouths that spewed lies fair easier than the truth If Titus said it, then he believed it There was no hidden agenda, no subterfuge, and there was just so about that raw honesty and the lack of artifice

I gathered s I had left strewn around the apartaze to the gun he still wore clipped to his belt It was a stark reminder that even when he was dressed down and off duty he was still one of the good guys and I was not We could want each other all day long, but there was no bridge strong enough or long enough to cross that fundamental divide that kept us separated

He was alert and stiff as we hit the front of the building Even though I was facing his back, I could alle shadow and hidden place that stretched out in front of us

He stopped in front of aand badass as he did The ere tinted al I had ever seen on any other kind of car

“This doesn’t look like any kind of car a cop should be driving” I couldn’t keep the disbelief out of my voice as he pulled open the door for me

“It’s not a cop’s car, it’s this cop’s car When ere younger Bax and I couldn’tto uy that she saw on the side that owned the garage Bax is running now Gus put a wrench in each of our hands and told us to figure our shit out The only ti under the hood Bax was always better at it than I was, but I couldn’t let my little brother be the only one with a sick ride I built the GTO after he got locked up I think it was how I dealt with the fact that I was the one that put him behind bars”

I gaped at him as he walked around the hood and then cli on the interior of the car was just as pristine as the outside The gauges were all shiny with chrolowed to life when he cranked the motor on The car made the entire block shake and I saw a buas and roared away from the curb

“You felt guilty you had to arrest Shane?”