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“You can’t do that!” Tanore her

Back at the table, I set Layla’s tea in front of her She looks up at o?”

I pull ain “I’m friends with the owner We won't have any ht”

Layla sain and takes a sip of her tea It ar and dumps it in Tamra drops our plates on the table a fewa word Layla picks up her fork and dives in She looks up every now and then and s the tension build between us

“I’ the back of irl on a proper date in years”

Layla’s green eyes widen She ss the bite in her mouth and asks, “Really?”

“There hasn’t been anyone I’ve wanted to get to know outside of the bedroo that sounded better in my head than it did out loud

“But you’ve had girlfriends before, right?” She leans back in her chair, a tiny crease for between her brows

“Define ‘girlfriend’”

Layla looks at irls knew froot hurt, then that’s on them”

Her eyes narrow I can practically see the gears turning behind them “And what do you want from me?”

That’s the question of the day What do I want from Layla?

I’ll tell you what I don’t want, I don’t want her with anybody else, and that’s a first Norirl does or who they do it with, but the thought of any man’s hands on her makes me see red “Truthfully, I don’t know”

“Huh,” she says, taking a bite of rice and vegetables