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Close call “Thankfully I’lad you’re here You look…”

“Tired I know I’ht”

Is she kidding? “I was going to say gorgeous” I can’t stop staring at her “It’s really a pleasure to meet you”

“You, too” She sticks out her hand, then retracts it with a laugh “A handshake feels weird since I know you so much better than that”

True, but I don’t want toshe wants more “It does”

“I’ my ith eyes like a hazy blue day and a pouty ht?”

“That’s great” I try not to sound lecherously enthusiastic as I open my arms

She sends hter than is strictly polite, but she doesn’t complain In fact, she wraps her arhs into me “This will probably sound crazy, but I needed this I feel safer already”

“Not crazy I feel better, too”

A few s Together, we breathe I inhale her hint-of-strawberry scent Itwith exciteainst my chest, and breathes it in

Fuck We’re fully dressed and standing in the middle of a crowded public space, and I’m already more aroused—and invested—in Sloan than the last half-dozen women I took to bed

Neverin trouble I’m toast

Finally, she steps back and breaks the connection A laughing group of frat boys stu the bar ensure it’s too loud for me to hear her

“What?” I mouth

Sloan presses close again, lifting up on her tiptoes to ainst my chest My blood boils in my veins “I said that it’s kind of loud in here and asked if there was soo”