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r />I hadn’t moved yet I held the spatula in my hand

“But I think I would feel better if I heard you say it yourself”

The pan sizzled behind me with a pop from the butter splatter Fuck Her blue eyes heldslammed into the middle of a moral crossroads I was in too deep to turn around from this place But here I was In this place where I had to decide what I should do about lying to this pretty girl

“Luke?”

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Luke

This

Linc honked like he always did when he dropped by to pick me up I locked the mudroom entry behind rin on my face I needed to erase Alexa was all I could think about

“Damn it, Luke Dress up for fuck’s sake”

He eyed ed froe

It was early I didn’t like s I’d already worn a monkey suit in the past twenty-four hours What did he expect?

“Shut up It’s a PR guy, not the president” I pulled open the truck door, slid into the seat, and fastened the seatbelt over my chest

As usual er wore a dark suit His hair was styled and I noticed a leather tote in the seat behind hi to suck up to people when I wasn’t Our jobs ell-suited for each of us

He put the truck in drive and we drove off the ranch toward Austin

“What do you know about this Charlie fucker?” he asked