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My, how the plot—and the sexual tension—thickens

She told him, “When I was in your room, before you disappeared, and I stepped outside to speak with Kate and Jude When I was in your room and answered a call onpeople where the hell you’d gone”

She sat back and took a deep drink

“Angry-much?”

“Fuck you”

He chuckled, though it was notably strained “So you were curious about what happened to me?”

“That’s not the question on deck You want to know if I left , my laptop, unattended Yes, sometimes, in what I considered to be a secure environment Only in the hospital But never far away and never for long And yes, in public places, I actually did take it to the bathroom with me, Damen So just pose or answer a question, already Because, I’d never actually abandon my laptop”

“I think we’ve established that,” he said with a nod

A tear crested the riht now”

She wasn’t exaggerating or being overly dramatic

He seeet this “Let’s just start with step one…”

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Dae of her laptop

And groaned Sealing her fate?

“It’s not fucking uese “Godda about—”