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“Sure I do ”

“No, Matt… you don’t,” she says with just a tinge of anger in her voice “You even toldaround a bunch of drunk guys acting like morons ”

Fuck… she knows me too well

Giving her ruo, I won’t ”

She takes a deep breath in and lets it out in resignation “It’s not that I don’t want you to go I do want you to go out and have fun It’s just… I haven’t seen you in a while, and I miss you is all ”

S at her, I say, “I know,” and then I hastily look away because that painful look is back on her face I’ her howher, yet I push forward, becausefor me

To go back to those simpler times

I lean over and pick upout with Rob and “the boys” for one drink, thenhome where I can sulk

Just as I reach out to openthis to punishsx with you today in your office?”

I don’t have to fake the startled look onsx with me

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“Absolutely not,” I tell her with conviction

“You’re sure?” she asks as she takes a step toward me “Because you looked a little peeved at me when I said no ”

Reaching out, I pick up a lock of her hair froers I memorize the color, the silky feel… I inhale and memorize the scent Sadness overwhel, but this uess my hope of hopes is that Mac will sort of ith inal roles of more of a sex-only relationship While deep down, I tell o backward, it doesn’t stop

Not going to stop

Dropping her hair, I look up into her eyes “Don’t fool yourself, Mac If I really wanted to, I could have gotten you to change yourto be mad about ”