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She stared at hireen “Oh My God” She covered herway to redness “No God no Oh my God That was you”

“Indeed” He inclined his head “Nice to see you again, my lady”

She covered her face “Shoot me Shoot me now”

“I’d rather not,” he said drily He wasn’t sure whether to be insulted by her reaction, amused, or both

“Why were you in disguise in the first place?” She dropped her hands to her sides again “Who does that?”

He hesitated “I had my reasons”

“I’m sure you did,” she replied sarcastically “Just so you know, I don’t do stuff like that, and if I’d known it was you, I definitely wouldn’t have done it It was a one-ti for me A bucket list item”

He squinted, doing his best to ignore her comment about how she would have avoided him if she’d knoho he was Then he realized what she said “Bucket list? Are you ill?” he asked, his gut churning at the thought of finding and then losing her in quick succession “Are you seeing a doctor? Is that why you’re here?”

“What? No It’s from my friend He wanted me to

—” She broke off, laughing uneasily “God I can’t believe out of all the men in this country, I ended up in that hallith you I mean, if that’s not ironic, I don’t knohat is And the funniest thing was, I picked that guy…well, you…because he kind of reminded me of you”

He stiffened, locking eyes with her First she said she never would have fucked him if she’d known it was him, and then she turned around and said she’d fucked him because he reminded her of himself She was as confused as he was Well, that was a start “You did?”

“Yeah” She shoved her hair behind her ear nervously, averting her eyes “Stupid, right?”

“I don’t think it’s stupid at all” If anything, ither here “I’ve thought of you often over the years, too”

“Yeah” She laughed “Sure you did”

Frowning, he said, “It’s true”