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She rolled her blue-gray eyes at me, but she couldn’t hide the pleasure in them “You’re worse than a new father, you know that? I et lost”

“I don’t doubt that for a second,” I assured her with a grin as we left the room and walked toward the exit As we reached it, Mia came down the stairs nearby and met us at the door

“I need coffee,” she complained

“Me too,” Nevaeh agreed, lifting her eyes to me hopefully “Do you have time before your class?”

Grinning, I tossed an arm over Mia’s shoulders and steered them in the direction of the campus café “There is always time for coffee”

The café was croe walked in Mia gruet to the front so we could order I kept closer to Nevaeh but ht at all ti a rooroup of guys ordered in front of us

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They finally stepped out of the way so the girl at the cash register could take our orders, and I waited for the girls towith a bagel and handed over one of my credit cards

“I can pay,” Nevaeh said as she opened her backpack to grab her wallet

“Your ood here, Kitten,” I told her with a smirk as I took the receipt

That only got et her drink

“Grabto find us a table,” Mia instructed

I sedas I tried to watch her in the cro that she wasn’t within arm’s reach and still keep an eye on Nevaeh I was so focused on Mia as she spoke to a group that appeared to be leaving their table that I didn’t even realize so to Nevaeh for several seconds

“…should come Our house is just off campus”

“I’ll think about it,” Nevaeh replied, and I snapped ave myself whiplash