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“Uh,

you guys want to talk about it?’ she’d finally asked

The answers had been no and no, and when the call ended, Emily had shaken her head the saht, beautiful, talented sisters could be such fools when it came to men

Right

And now, after—what?—one kiss froer, she was suddenly an expert on what men and sex were all about?

“Ridiculous,” she muttered And flinched Because ridiculous wasn’t even close to describing what had happened last night

She had humiliated herself

He’d kissed her OK People kissed all the time She could have stood still and let it happen She could have turned her face away She could have said, with Victorian indignation, that driving her home did not entitle him to take liberties

Instead, she’d—she’d wrapped herself around him like an octopus He’d had to peel her off Then he’dpolite and escaped as fast as was humanly possible

Hu it

Eroaned and burrowed deeper under the blankets

“Stop it,” she whispered “Just—just put it out of yourabout what an absolute fool you made of yourself?”

What she needed was sleep A couple of hours, anyway The day looh to handle without adding in a brain drained by exhaustion She’d have to face Nola Call Max Pergozin and if he had nothing for her, start the horrible thing known as searching for employment And as what? Who would employ her? The city was filled omen like her, their heads packed with useless academic nonsense

Eain And drifted, mercifully, into sleep And, uneous hunk of masculinity, with dark hair, dark eyes and a sexy accent, who kissed her and then didn’t stop at kissing her

She wasof the telephone jolted her awake