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“Guys like me don’t look for more”

She nodded, turning away from him Even so, he saw the confusion and pain she tried to hide “I heard you the first time I know”

There was so much he wanted to say But he didn’t

Instead he tipped his head toward his truck “My truck’s this way Come on”

She bit her lower lip “I’ with you”

He sighed “Lydia—”

“No He thinks you’re giving me a ride, so your best friend duty is filled Believe it or not, I kno to call a cab I did it at your place this ”

“We already went over this shit, Lydia” He spread his hand over her lower back, guiding her toward his truck He’d been trying to avoid touching her, because touching herher heels into the pave her forward “Get In The Truck”

“Fine”

Huffing, she followed hiers Funny, he knew the perfect remedy for that Too bad he couldn’t show her They reached the passenger side door, and he opened it for her He didn’t help her up with a boost on her ass like he had last night He kept his hands to hio”

She climbed in without a word, her silence louder than words could ever be As he walked around the back of the truck, he dragged a hand through his hair Then he slid into his seat and sla it into reverse right away

After he ed onto the road, he tapped his thu on campus?”

“No” She crossed her arms and stared out the“I’m at Shadyside Apartments”

That was in a suspicious part of town Not fit for a girl like her “Steven lets you live there?”

“Lets?” Her ry line “No one lets , thank you very much, least of all my brother”