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Why wouldn’t it? Despite her three-year relationship with Jonathan, they weren’t together anyhers, he’d easily fit into her life because he didn’t e aht up to thewith another wo out Natalie’s refusal to commit more time to him and marry him

Fine Good riddance and thank God she hadn’t been willing to e, to connect completely with another person, to so had held her back fro yes to Jonathan Maybe it had been that she was still building her dream career

No matter Jonathan was history She was free to do whatever she chose With whomever she chose

Her gaze connected with Matthew’s

He leaned close to her ear, giving her a waft of his spicy aftershave “This hasn’t exactly been conducive to getting to know each other”

TheShe wanted to breathe him in and hold her breath for ever

“Is that e’re doing?” she whispered back, knowing her eyes revealed everything she was feeling in case he’d missed it in her husky voice

“You want to leave?”

Yes!

“And miss the keynote?”

His lips twitched with ao first and ether?”

Whether it was for her privacy or his, she liked that he was giving her the option to choose to leave together, which i he ith her, or their leaving separately so no one would be the wiser It was up to her to decide how they proceeded

Still, she had a few things to clarify first

“Are you single?”

Obviously startled at her question, he nodded