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“The couch folds out,” she says, sensingup atshiver

“Hmmm Work huh?” I ask and she nods

“If you’re gonna stay then you have to letme halfway

“I can help,” I tell her, hearing how stupid that sounds, even to my own ears

The only thing I know about dresses is how to tear theo? I only know that they come pressed from the dry cleaner

That’s about it

“Maybe you can help with ordering dinner?” she suggests, reaching for her purse on the work table

Her phone spills out, letting otten back to her mystery client yet

With everything else going on, I wouldn’t be surprised if she didn’t check it until Monday at this rate

She’s searching her purse for soht be for a

But she’s trying to find money to pay for dinner Her share of it anyway

I could easily stare at her all day

She ju both my hands over hers and her purse

“I’m sure I had a twenty in here,” she

“Put that away,” I tell her firmly

No wo, let alone dinner

“Just tell me which is your favorite and we’ll order it in,” I add, not wanting todeal out of it but I can see how stubborn she can be

Feisty

The fe-headed I can be sometimes

Most of the time

“There’s a great Italian place around the corner,” she says with an air of experience “But I can pay my way, Brandon… I just have to find that twenty”

She’s so certain about it I alh out loud She’s met my chivalrous thrust with her own independent parry

She’s just so used to doing things for and by herself, and soet used to the idea

I’h to be mean or poke fun, but because I like her fire