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Charlie’s eyes lit She leaned back in her seat and folded her hands together “How long have you two been seeing each other?”

“What?”

She closed the lid to her laptop and turned her phone face down

“I’ve been in this business a long ti: DUIs,abuse And people lie to me They think I can somehow help them without the full truth What they don’t realize is I have radar for lies It’s the easiest thing to spot, Luke It’s like a spotlight, bea heads

“This is one of two things: you either despise Lexi Wilde, or you’re in love with her I get this feeling you don’t despise her” Charlie wrinkled her nose “I just don’t think that’s it So that leaves me with love And love I can ith”

Linc kicked me under the table

If she wanted fucking shock and awe she got it Fuck

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Fro wrapped the rotunda as if it was a brand new building going up in the city It wasn’t the prettiest view I picked up my phone to see I had a text from Luke My sto it always did when I saw his name

Change of plans

I typed back

What’s going on?

I twistedfor his response I didn’t like that I had been here two hours and we already had a hiccup I knew this was going to be complicated and risky But I had to see him

The past teeks in Nashville were a ind Jake had bookedpress I did afternoon press I did night press I was going to have to get my boots re-soled after all the appearances I had made