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“And you’ve officially ruined grapes for me,” I chuckle

“Thanks for this, Nick Itis that we don't really get to do things like a normal couple would”

“A couple, huh?” I tease her

She flushes, which makes me chuckle “Don't be embarrassed I think it's cute that you think we’re a couple”

She stares at ot everything wrong I knoe've never really spoken about us, and ant…but…” She stops for a second to think about what she wants to say “I's”

I stare at her, a suy?”

She flushes again “No, of course not I just…” She shakes her head “Why are you roans

I smirk and sidle over to her “Would you likeelse hard?” I murmur She h and rub it, pretending she hurt me

“Nick, will you just be serious for a moment?”

She focuses on a spot on the blanket and doesn’t look atworked up, so I cut all the crap and lay my cards on the table

“I like you, Anna I think you know that and I think you know that I's either If I seem interested in you, it's because I a mine I’m relieved because that sparkle is back

“Okay,” she says simply “That’s all I wanted to know”

With a single finger resting beneath her chin, I tilt her face up to h as she ser untilto stopto prove to her that I'm serious about us Every date can't be just about sex It needs to be getting about us getting to know one another, too

Even though I've known her for years, I feel like I don't know her at all She's this beautiful, stunning, intelligent woman who continues to amaze me every tiet soroan, nearly two hours later Where the hell had the tione?