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“Is that what I’lanced toward her Finally, her color had returned and her cheeks blushed with a rosiness that belied that she’d been as white as

a ghost less than an hour before

Her lips twisted “Maybe”

“You have had a lot happen tonight, including losing consciousness Of course I’et inside your place, okay?”

“I think you’re overreacting”

“I think you’re wasting your breath trying to convince me to drop you at the curb and drive away”

“That’s not what I said for you to do”

“No, but the thought of inviting me into your place scares you”

“I never said that”

“You didn’t have to”

“You’re is I came to your Christmas show”

“You brought a friend” As long as they were bantering she’d stay distracted, wouldn’t think about having passed out

“You were part of the show It wasn’t as if you were going to sit beside me and carry on conversation”

He shot a quick glance tohere she sat in the passenger seat with her arms crossed defensively over her chest

“Is that what you wanted?” he asked “For me to be at the dinner table beside you?”