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“Not a fan of asparagus, hm, Shawn?” Bellamy’s voice asked froh not to jolt and stiffen So that was exactly what happened

Then, as if that wasn’t bad enough, the bastard reached frous spear and ate it himself

The fa into the side of my face, so I went ahead and looked toward my aunt and uncle instead

“This is Bellaan introduction “Bellamy, this is my aunt and uncle—Rusul and Ayaneh”

There were the traditional hand shakes and ishes before my darn uncle had to blurt out, “So we heard you and our niece here ran into each other on vacation”

“It was fate,” Bella to i doith a ‘nice boy’ finally, what kinds of flowers there would be at the wedding, who she would want to invite to the reception My aunt was a modern woman in e and babies

If only she knew the truth

He wasn’t so nice

“We actually didn’t get to spend as ether as I would have liked,” Bellaht?” Bellamy asked

“It washim a smile so fake that my cheeks hurt as my aunt slammed her toes into my shin under the table Across from me, her eyes were full of chastise in her mind

Bellaht on

“We only got to share a few ether A swim Oh, and soaze slid toward hiot cut short,” he said and it took a lot of work to keep rin like two kids keeping a secret frorown-ups

“Oh, no What a sha a hand to her romantic heart

“Boat theft,” I supplied, and I watched as Bellaht line

“Coain?” my uncle asked

“Soine ould ever want to steal fro with sarcasm Which e

“It seems the people who visit the Maldives have all sorts of dark secrets, wouldn’t you say?” Bellaht at me