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The name was familiar Where had I heard it before? Oh, God “The actress?”

He lifted a shoulder “We met at some event last year, and we’ve hooked up a few ti, and we both had some free tiot the sense he was hiding how I’d ”

“Oh,” I said

“What about you?”

The plane leveled off, but e of hie star, but she was still a celebrity, and drop-dead gorgeous to boot They’d done an excellent job of keeping their hook-up quiet, because they were a beautiful couple and would have looked great splashed across the front of a tabloid

“What about me, what?” I asked

“How long has it been since you’ve had sex?”

Blood rushed tomy skin “It’s, uh, been a while”

He looked at irl as unattractive as you?” His doubt began to fade “Wait How long is ‘a while’?”

I ground my teeth, irritated to have to answer his cross-exah to back down “It’s been months, Vance”

Six very long, very lonely months

He couldn’t think of a single plausible reason “Why?”

“Because I’ve been too busy to meet anyone I’ve been into”

Whatever idea he’d just had, the thought turned hiid “Do younot like sex?”

Was he kidding? I loved it but wasn’t about to tell hiave him a pointed look, “I don’t need it to survive”

A s smile curved his lips “Sounds to ht person yet”

“Yeah,” I deadpanned “That must be it”

I didn’t , but that was so unfair I wasn’t the one against us hopping into bed together If he asked me, I’d say yes in a heartbeat God, if not for his dumb bet with its stupid rules, I’d—