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“Why?”

The side of his ht, aren’t you?”

Now that she had hi, she didn’t want hi too personal about himself, but she wanted to know more about him and about his past Most important, she wanted to understand what aps she didn’t know about his life “Well, we’ve only talked about eon, you’d get all growly”

He chuckled “Well said” He sat back in his seat then folded his arms “Before Katherine, I made the decision not to date vanilla woave up on the idea that I could mesh the torlds From then on, the submissives I met in the lifestyle, I kept casual I found content more”

While his rationale made sense in a very cold and distant way, it seemed too firm After she pondered, she realized it made no sense at all “So, you just told yourself you weren’t going to date anymore because of what had happened with Katherine?” At his nod, she snorted “See to do”

His look was stern, but his eyes twinkled “You think ic was absurd?”

“God, no,” she snapped, but reconsidered and followed up with: “Well,everyone else happiness in their lives, if you don’t allow yourself to find it, too?”

He stared at her for a long few seconds, then he tore his gaze away to pick up a fry “So, you’re a burger-and-football gal, hmm?”

Presley wondered why he’d shifted the conversation, but she decided to leave it alone He clearly didn’t want to discuss it, and she didn’t want to ruin their night “My father’s a football nut, so it stuck in as reminds me of home”

He sh tension rested in the corners of his eyes “My type of wolad you do” He studied her in his intense “I’h you” way “Do you miss your family?”

“Sometimes”

Another round of cheers erupted in the pub as Dmitri ate another fry and his focus stayed fixated on her When the noise quieted, he said, “We’ll have to go for a visit so your parents”

She laughed softly, i her mother with Dmitri “I’m sure they’d be quite impressed by you” She picked up a fry, dipped it in ketchup, and nibbled the end “How about your faas?”

He shook his head “Both my parents died when I was in my late teens My mother in a car accident My father a year later of a heart attack My extended fas”

“Gosh, Dmitri, I’m sorry” As she took his hand, the icy distance in his voice stunned her “That’s horrible”