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“So you didn’t lie, just o”

“Because I owed the full truth tofor a flute of cha

“Those are so her put the flute down, then reaching for the hand in question

“What are you doing?” she hissed, but I was sure there was a flash of heat in her eyes at the contact

“Don’t you hear the ers through hers and holding on tight, knowing she would try to yank her hand back

“I a to dance with you,” Shawn objected in a whisper-yell

“And yet here we go Making our way to the dance floor,” I said, pulling her along witha lot of faith to rest in the idea of her not wanting to embarrass her faht And despite her fingers curling into the back ofpainful crescents into er, she eventually fell into stride with me as I pulled her toward the dance floor where several couples had gathered as the band eased into another slow song

I swung her out wide before pulling her in

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My palm pressed to her lower back as my other hand continued to hold hers At the contact of our bodies brushing, her fingernails stopped biting into my skin I was sure at that moment that she felt the sas that I did when our bodies touched again

“Adnan is alright, by the way,” I told her, watching as her eyes attempted to burn holes into me

“If you’re fishing for an apology for drugging you both, you’re not going to get it,” she told ht

“I’m not I’m impressed, actually,” I told her

“Oh, gee My life is cos people for fun”

“It wasn’t for fun,” I told her “We were supposed to be discussing the whole Adaot distracted by rin that spread across my face at her horrified look that she tried to cover up—unsuccessfully, I er

“As far as I a happened in that villa”

“No?” I asked, pressingher front crush to my chest

And I felt the way her breath caught at the contact

“No,” she said, voice firm, but whether she realized it or not, her body swayed into mine as I moved her around the dance floor