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“I’ touched you”

“Nuh-uh,” she responds, shaking her head emphatically “My friend Missy said if they pee on you, you’ll get warts”

I chuckle “That’s just a myth If it were true, my and your dad’s hands would be covered in warts, because we used to play with frogs all the time”

She wrinkles her pert little nose “Just in case, I don’t want no frog pee on me”

“Well, you’re s are cool”

“Frogs are nasty,” she retorts

I set her on her feet, then lift netic force hasher She steps out of the kitchen and looks ht immobile when her eyes meet mine My body reacts to hers as if by instinct It takes everything in me to not stalk across the room just so I’ll be closer to her Every tier What aze as she looks at me She’s even more beautiful than I remember

Theo notes htens He walks over to Jules, and I fight back the need to break his fucking ars her to his side I notice Jules’s barely concealed flinch when he touches her

Mom walks out of the kitchen and claps her hands “Dinner’s ready” When she spots lad you made it”

I drag aze away fro I told Jazz I’d be in later tonight so he could go home early His wife is sick”

“Then let’s eat”

I stay out of the kitchen with Dad and Vicki as the others fit in the s, I can see Jules standing off to the side with Aria beside her The little girl is bouncing on her feet as she talks ani the two together sends a weird feeling to my chest

Sensingheart stops, just as it does every tiether and yankto resist

I glance over to Dad and see hinore the questions lurking in his gaze

“How’s the shop?” he asks, thankfully keeping whatever he was thinking to himself