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“Are you all right?” he asks again

Nope

“Me? Oh, yeah I’m fine I think I mean, just a little pain in the back of my neck …” I clasp my hand over the area “It’s probably just … stress”

Stop talking, Shaye

His brows pull together “Why don’t you step out of the car so we can figure out what to do?”

I reach for the glove box again “My insurance card You probably want that”

“Why don’t you … Let’s et into the insurance and stuff, okay?” he asks gently

A quick scan of the glove compartment proves that the responsible ot my card from the insurance company And I know for certain I didn’t download the app like they suggested

Who needs an app when I have a paper card? I don’t need another dumb app

I distinctly re that

Dammit

I sit back into have to fake having ether

“My card isin action at the moment,” I admit “But I have insurance I swear”

He holds his hands out as if the movement will calm me somehow “It’s okay Let’s start here—what’s your name?”

“Shaye My name is Shaye Brewer”

“Shaye” He says it as if he wondered what it would sound like in his voice “Okay, Shaye I’m Oliver Mason”

Oliver Mason Good lord—even his name is sexy

“Hi”

I mentally kick myself Hi? Really, Shaye?

“I really am sorry for … that” I shiftand then back to hiain “It was an accident”

“Because you sneezed?”

“Yup”

His lips dip at the sides as though he’s fighting a sh The sides crinkle, the irises light up, and the blues and greens mix into crazy pools of color that are almost hypnotic