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“Here you are, Gloria” I slide it onto the bar top next to her drink, and then her eyesthe small wallet

“How do you know my name?” I point to the stolen property

“Oh, wait, did you have him do that?” Her eyes narroith the proper amount of suspicion is justified, but it still makes me chuckle

“Sweet, Gloria I would never stoop that low to meet my future wife I would just introduce myself without pretense”

“What? Tossing on the charm, aren’t you?”

“I’o take this to the back, over there” I point to where I had been sitting

“No thank you I should be going,” she says, grabbing her wallet and stuffing it back in her purse, zippering it this time

“Then I’ll escort you ho for now

“I’m not fro ay,” she says, intentionally being obtuse I want to kiss that smart mouth so much that I can’t take my eyes off her lips Would she talk to me like that if she kneho I was? I’d sure as fuck hope so

“You’re beautiful,” Ioff like a total ass not unlike the piece of shit I had taken out of here

“Thank you, and do you plan to telltotension fade that she ht not be as interested as I believed