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“Oh, right”

“You sound disappointed”

I just shake oes to pay the bill and I wait outside by his car The night is chilly so I pull htly

“Cold?” he asks from behind me

I jump “Don’t sneak up on me like that”

“Sorry Is it okay if we drop by the club before I bring you ho”

“Sure, no problem”

When we get to Crih the front door where the bouncers immediately step aside for him As we pass by the bar I notice that a barfor the boss Ethan doesn’t lead s me to the staff room where there’s a flat screen TV bolted to the wall and two large black leather sofas

“I’ll be tenan unexpected kiss onin that say of his

A couple s open and I turn my head around to find that the hostile barh and puts the kettle on Then she sits down on the sofa opposite rabs the remote and switches on the TV

I notice her look , “So you’re the latest notch on his bedpost then”

“Huh?” is all I can think to say in response

She widens her eyes, as if to say duh, and then replies, “Ethan”

“Oh, no, we’re just friends” I assure her Yeah, ood few points before I began to hold any assu ratification

“Oh pull the other one His bedrooot so ” She throws back