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“Really?” Her eyes darted back and forth

“Da did you want to extend your stay in Austin?” I cupped her ass like I owned it After the past twenty-four hours, I was damn sure I did I owned every inch of this woman’s body

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We sat in front of Luke’s fireplace on the floor There were more boxes of Chinese food than I’d ever seen He had ordered everything on theI knew athletes had voracious appetites and he showed me just how true that was It was the opposite for me I had to watch every calorie Every carb

I stuck my chopsticks into the box of sticky rice at the same time he reached for some

“Hey” I batted hi He jabbed back at me

The food was good My stoht Luke felt bad about starvingsex It was a better staple around her than having cereal or bread on hand

When the delivery driver dropped off the order, Ibehind the blinds Ignoring Jake’s calls Disappearing while I sorted everything out with Luke

His oversized Warriors T-shirt draped off my shoulder I had washed and dried the only underwear I had and sat with hi else on

He pressed the ree the music station He liked the acoustic stuff

“If you could only pick one, ould you say your favorite country singer is?” I asked

He popped the rest of a spring roll between his lips

“H hard to answer You can’t put limits out there like that”

“Only one” I eyed hiames like this