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What a liar she'd beco to herself

All this ti to be this brassy, ballsy chick when in reality she'd been hiding in plain sight, beco as the man in front of her If he could break loose a little, so could she

“Forget it Just be back here in two hours” He'd pulled back fro demeanor replaced by a tension that stiffened his muscles and put a bit of a snarl to his mouth

Suddenly jittery, Josie sed past her nerves “If it's okay, I'd like to stay”

Chapter Fourteen

Sam flipped the switch above the kitchen sink and the small florescent bulb blinked twice and then buzzed to life Obsessed with her Whatever possessed hiued, a bit confused hed at hirave

“Here, let s” Josie's shoulder brushed his as she opened a cabinet

Caught off guard by her nearness, he fu of coffee It hit the floor with a thue tiles They crouched down to grab the beans Sa them both back

He rubbed his cheekbone, now intimately aware of what he'd be in for if he ever switched places with a gong I skills

“Are you okay?”

She snorted and ht I had a hard head”

“You do” Sitting back on his heels to put soe to push her hands aside so he could check her for injury Oh fuck it “Here, let me look”

His fingers slid through her sht away he realized she wasn't hurt, but he kept parting her hair and pretending to examine her head while he inhaled her a south and turned hi The smart move would be to stay the hell away froht the moment she’d walked into his lecture hall

“What do you think would have happened if we'd as? If no one had ever found that map?”

Saaze locked on the tile beneath his knees Bland Colorless Beige That's what his life would be like without Josie He'd flirted his way out of his coas, drawn in at first by her boe behind the pretty face He never would have had the balls to even approach her in Dry Creek