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“Are you tight with them?” I ask instead

“Yeah,” she replies fondly By her tone, I can tell it’s in different ways “We fight as any siblings do, but on the whole, I wouldn’t trade them for the world”

So else we have in coiven, but I know it’s not I’ve met plenty of people in my life who have proven that blood ties don’t mean much

The waiter comes with our dinners—steak for me and scallops for Jaime She offers me a bite, and I take it

I offer her one in return, but she declines “I don’t eat meat Principle only”

Interesting, but not off-putting

“I’d like to eat you,” I reply, ht”

She blinks at ives me a sly smile “I wouldn’t be averse to that”

The tone of our conversation definitely took a sharp veering into the sexual, and I really hadn’t intended that But she looked so da tiny bites of her scallops while declaring her distaste for meat

“That’s good to know,” I reply with a wicked sain”

She cocks one perfectly formed red eyebrow

“Would you go out with ain?” I ask

She blinks just once in surprise before givingsoing well And while I realize it’s still not over, I do feel safe in accepting your invitation for another date”