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As Sarah helped Jude clear the table and load his dishwasher, his words kept running through her head

Surprisingly, this was the first silence they’d had as they’d chatted away during dinner Jude was a great conversationalist He er ears, and responded with insightful observations

The few dates she’d ever gone on had left her feeling aard and socially inept Eventually, she’d al for aht of her life to feel inadequate at the end of the evening

The few times she’d made exceptions had never ended well

For instance, the night interesting Kenny Goodall had asked to take her to her first Broadway show She’d lost the glasses, donneddress, and anxiously awaited what had pro

She’d never felt so ht in all her life as when she’d discovered he’d forgotten their plans

Never again would she allow herself to be so humiliated at the hands of a man

Nothing about her dinner with Jude h Quite the opposite She’d enjoyed sharing the meal with him more than she’d have dreamed possible Maybe because she knew there could never be anything between them

The fact he’d seeiven hih Why would he care?

Sure, she’d felt heat when looking at hiht, but the reality was she wasn’t Jude Davenport’s type

He hadn’t bothered to deny that, had just questioned that he wasn’t hers

Before having seen that different side of hiht, she’d have said it was because he was so arrogant he assumed he was every woman’s type

If gorgeous, intelligent, witty, and full of testosterone were the criteria, then he was