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“You and I hadn’t met,” he clarified “I didn’t even know your name, despite the fact that I had said hi to you a couple of times”

He had Sarah had ignored hi not to hear, or had justhis way

Why was that? She wasn’t a rude person, wasn’t unfriendly She’dBut for some reason she’d felt the need to keep a safe distance from Jude

Because he was a wo playboy

Only she couldn’t say he’d been anything other than a gentleman to her At the hospital When he’d rescued her fro alarnificent view of the city

When he’d kissed her goodnight

When he’d surprised her with presents, shown up at her door with flowers, arranged for a liht of her life

He’d been pretty close to perfect since they’d met, which made him about as unsafe as was possible

Unable to stop herself, she faced him, stared at his ht He would

He wouldn’t push or force hiht He’d give her control as to how far they went and see that power to her

She was in control of what happened between them

Her

As long as she remembered that, held onto that control, she was fine

“Can I?”

“Can you what?” she asked, wondering if she’d been so lost in her thoughts that she’d