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Melt for You JT Geissinger 17510K 2023-09-03

We stare at each other while the clock ticks on the kitchen wall and Mr Bingley o at a rack of ribs

"Why’re your lips twitchin’?" Ca to decide if that’s sweet, sexist, or so ridiculous I should laugh"

Cah thunderclouds He leans back into his chair and grins "That’s easy, lass It’s sweet"

Is this guy for real? "Question Purely for curiosity’s sake"

"Shoot"

"Have you ever actually taken a worin turns wicked, I hold up a hand "Nope Never mind I don’t want to know" A sudden spike of pain lances through ers to h Headache"

Cam’s brorinkles "I know you think I’m irritatin’, but causin’ an actual headache is on a whole other level"

"It’s not you I mean it is you, but it’sall day"

Cam thunders, "Why the bloody hell not?"

I wince "Oh, thanks for that Shouting is great for headaches"

"Don’t avoid the question!"

When I sigh heavily and rub my temple, Cam says darkly, "This better not have anythin’ to do with pretty boy and the office holiday party"

Okay, so he’s smartish But he’s also onht, he’ll have all kinds of opinions on the subject, so I decide to tell a teensy white lie

I inspect a crack on the wall over his left shoulder "My stomach has just been a little upset"

After a short pause, Cahs "You lie for shit, woman"

He pronounces shit like shyte It’s kind of adorable, but I hate hi?"

"Student of huue and siets all scrunched up and your whole body does this cringy, foldin’-in-on-itself thing You n on your forehead"

"That is inconvenient"

Caood thing" Then his voice gets hard again "But starvation diets are not"

"Could you please be less observant? It’s h A headache is the price you pay for bein’ a bloody idiot Your body needs fuel, lass, and if it doesn’t get it, it’ll start to cannibalize your muscles, and then you’ll have worse problerumble, "What’re you, a doctor?"

He stands and braces his hands on his hips, towering over ley hops to the floor and waits patiently at his feet

Cam says, "Look at me, lass Look at this body" He throws out his arot this perfect physique by starvin’ myself? You think I became the world’s most famous, beloved athlete by tryin’ to be skinny?"