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“Steak,” I said, taking off the lid

He didn't say anything, though it was probably because he was stunned Though I could tell by the way his eyes bulged that he approved ofthe role of the cook and server, I placed the plate down in front of hi my on at the spot next to him

Dean looked over as I sat down I thought h when I looked at hi at all

“Eat your steak,” I said gently

He looked back at his plate as though he had just re in the priinable It seemed impossible, especially with the tension between us up to that point, but there see inlike he would eat my pussy as soon as the stead and mushrooms

“I know I've been a real asshole,” Dean said out of the blue ere finished with our steaks

“You said that already,” I said, taking the tray and the dishes back into the kitchen

He followed “Not in so many words”

“No, but it was i back into the dining roo back dohere I was before

“You really were right You really don't deserve it, and neither does Jessica I – I just really miss Simone, and Jessica just looks so hter after all, but every tiain that she is gone I'll never see her again The last time I saw her… the last ti o to prison”

I sat up straight “Prison?”

“Yeah, I was stupid and trying topeople do”

“What did you do? Some kind of protest?”

“You could say that Remember the 2008 crash?”