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She bit the inside of her cheek “I agree”

“Same time next year?”

Natalie laughed a little nervously “I wish”

“Me, too,” he said

Natalie’s chest tightened Part of her longed to ask if he was serious Why couldn’t they ic answered her question even before it could really take hold To ain implied they had a relationship that would continue They didn’t

The past three days had been perfect To continue would be only waiting for hi for hiether She’d been left several times too many already in her life to set herself up that way

Sticking to their original plan was the way it had to be

“Thank you for this past weekend, Matthe does this work from here?”

His gaze narrowed “What do you mean?”

“If we accidentally run into each other What if at some point we are both at the same place at the same time?” After all, his er things had happened “Do we pretend we don’t know each other or?” She let her words trail off

He considered her question “Who knohat’s going to have changed between now and that tihtened “You ht have met someone and—”

“I won’t have,” she cut in, wanting to set the record straight “I’ve learned my lesson”

His expression darkened “You mean me? Natalie, I—”

She shook her head and hastened to assure, “No This weekend onderful, and exactly e agreed upon” She took a deep breath “It’s odd I feel like we shared soabout me, but in reality you know very little”

“I kno toat her when he straightened back in his seat