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That did the trick

Her chin jerked up, her face glorious with righteous indignation “I am not that kind of person”

“It’s okay I always had a little bit of a thing for Mrs Cleaver in the Leave It To Beaver reruns” He traced a fingertip across her collar bone above the edge of her scoop neck tank top “Maybe we should look for a pearl necklace Do you think anyone sells one of those here?”

She smacked his hand away “You are an asshole”

“Pretty hed and picked the“But you’d better keep that to yourself tonight at my mom’s cocktail party”

She nearly stuht “What cocktail party?”

“It’s a standing event” God save him from family traditions “I haven’t been in a few months, so it’s past time I made an appearance”

“Not so easy to do when yourmodels and socialites at you?”

“Exactly” He nodded, sneaking a glance at her and noting the way she was chewing her bottom lip “But now I have you”

“You have serious rumbled

No He had don’t- because you’re nervous”

“Who said I was nervous?”

“You are trying to gnaw your bottom lip off”

Like the delicate flower she was, Clover flipped hiate and into the parking lot Linus aiting beside the Town Car He gave the thing Saas carrying a slow and slightly horrified up and down look but kept hisout onto Eighty-Eighth Street fiveto town on her lip

“Don’t worry, I know you haven’t had time to use the black card yet I ordered you a dress It’ll be delivered by the ti toup the ne seemed like the better plan