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Faking a se with hiers threatened to slip free He gave her a reassuring squeeze She didn’t even look at him

Lance sang and McKenzie ca the backup role rather than taking a lead with hi the chorus With al, too, maybe no one noticed

McKenzie noticed, though The ave hi and if you ever do that to ain, it’ll be the last time”

“That’s funny,” he teased, planning to keep their conversation light, to beg her forgiveness if he needed to “I just heard you do exactly that”

“Only a tone-deaf lunatic would call what I just did singing”

“I thought you sounded good”

“You don’t count”

“Ouch” He put his hand over his heart as if she’d delivered a fatal blow “My references say I count”

She flashed an annoyed look his way “You’re really going to have to get over those references”

“Or use the you seem determined to deliver to me”

“Not everyone enjoys being the center of attention”

“Tell e just then? Not even a little?” he coaxed

McKenzie stared at him as if he was crazy He was crazy

“I detested being onstage in front of my coworkers” She frowned as they id, rather than relaxing against his like it had during their earlier dances “For the record, I really don’t like people staring at me Put it down to bad childhood meot a lot of unwanted attention”