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a sh the list of strea the cart She’dhim about how someone whose coun before The finished cart was in the living rooht red splash of color in his otherwise black andhis attention the same way as the woman in his arms had started to do

Per usual, the listedhistory fell into two distinct categories: shit blows up and RomCos when one of his favorites popped on the screen

“We could watch this There’s fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, and miracles”

She twisted around and looked up at him, her eyes wide “Did you just quote The Princess Bride?”

Well, there was no use denying it now, but the expected e else when it came to Clover, that reaction was unexpected He hit play on the ”

“Oh no way, I want all the dirty details” She picked up both beers, kept one and handed him the other

As the opening credits played on the ht even after I spillold RomComs?”

Her ansas a quick brush of her lips against his “If you don’t, there’ll be hell to pay”

That soft kiss turned into another and another and another until thethe Cliffs of Insanity before Clover pulled away and grabbed the popcorn and then settled back down snuggled against him

“We’re gonna miss the movie,” she said

“Life is pain Anyone who says differently is selling so,” he paraphrased another of his favorite lines

But the thing was, since Clover had walked into his office and becoe of pain that he hadn’t even realized had been there The question ould it come back when their contract was up, and did he even want to find out?

Chapter Fourteen

Normally, a brunch trip to Grounded Coffee with Daphne ular table that would give her the perfect view of the coffee house’s aly hot in-house pastry chef as he oodies destined to go straight to her ass This ti with her back to the largedividing the kitchen fro seat nu into her food