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Drake gavejust-for-you sut in response to him

"Sorry, I didn't introduce myself earlier," I said, my cheeks hot "I was in kind of injured mode"

"Nice to finally hter" He extended his hand "Your father told me so much about you I should have known it was you by your eyes, but I was in slightly caddish doctor with bad bedside uest mode"

Our eyes ain as he kissed h me at his kiss

"I'll leave her with you then," Peter said and left the three of us Then, Dave stepped forward as if trying to get in between us

"So, Ms Bennet, how have you been since our last ?"

"Mr Mills," I said and turned to hio of my hand "I wouldn't have taken you for a fan of Miss Austen's work"

"Ah, but I studied Victorian Lit in college," Dave said He extended his hand "I've brains behind this beauty, in case you failed to notice"

"Oh, I noticed" I took his hand to shake

"It didn't help my case" Dave kept my hand in his "So tell me, Ms McDermott, ould help my case?"

I succeeded in extracting my hand from Dave's

"My father warnedof Drake "Suave Charly handsome…"

"Oh, that's riiight Your father The Hangin' Judge… Does he keep a shotgun under his bed to keep away your suitors? I take it you only go for the nerds? The dorks? The ones who don’t have a clue what to say or how to treat a woman? Some of us do know"

"I don't knohy I'd be of e the subject "I'el's foundation?"

Dave smiled at me and we locked eyes for a moment as if in battle