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“Uh-huh You think you can pass the boyfriend test?”

“Oh, you have no idea,” he responds with a wink “Every person in this roo with ently intertwine oose bumps to pepper my arms and the teeniest tiniest shiver to roll up my spine

I ignore the odd sensation and chalk it up to the fact that we just walked four blocks in the cool, late-fall air and my hands and face feel like ice cubes Surely, a little bit of his warood

“Ava, darling” A French-accented female voice fills my ears, and I turn around to find Meadow Moon, the owner of the gallery, walking toward us “I aht” She steps forward to press two European-style kisses to esture

“I wouldn’t have missed it”

It doesn’t take long before she notices Luke standing beside me, our hands still linked “And who is this handso man?”

“Luke London This beautiful woman’s boyfriend” Luke doesn’t hesitate to respond, and I almost choke on my own saliva when the word boyfriend falls from his lips

Holy hell, we’re really doing it, huh?

Luke is pretending to be my boyfriend In public

“Well…” Meadow reaches out to gently grasp his bicep and flashes a surreptitious smile in ht?”

An aard giggle jumps from my lips, because what in the hell am I supposed to say to that?

But Luke is so freaking confident in his role that he doesn’t even falter

“I think we can both agree that ets to stand beside her,” he says, leaning forward to press a gentle kiss to my forehead

My Ava

My cheeks flush, and my knees feel a little unsteady for a thirty-three-year-old woman with zero health problems

Meadow lets out a swoony, breathy sigh

And Luke? Well, he just grins down atwhen they meet mine

Soestures for Meadow, and she nods in their direction “If you’ll excusebetween Luke and me with a look I can’t quite deter you, Luke And Ava, please let me knohat you think about the exhibition”

“Of course”

Meadoalks away, and Luke smiles down at me

“So, how a, Ace?” he asks, his voice a mere whisper

“Uh…great,” I say, tripping around my words a bit

Oh yeah So great, in fact, that youthis is all pretend…

“Yeah?” he questions, and a handsome smile consumes his face “I fit the boyfriend bill?”