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He chuckled when she gasped and playfully nudged him once more with her elbow

“If you keep accostingyou to kiss the bruises you’re inflicting better”

“Fresh”

“But you like it”

She pursed her lips and leaned back to look up at him with a twinkle in her eyes thattied anywhere It was a welcoe

“You, wish”

She accentuated each word before she stepped away, joining their hands “Come on, we have plenty to see”

Juni snuck a glance at the handsome uins in the arctic The black pants, black button down shirt, and a pair of black converse he ere a stark contrast to the white blond hair that dipped down into his eye line Oliver turned quite a few heads His looks coupled with his quick hule, and what he was doing here with her She had little to no experience withto Oliver It made her wonder if he was more man than she could handle Way to be dramatic, Juniper You need to lay off the romance novels

She’d vowed to enjoy life to the fullest Thatout because she was inti Oliver htly socially aoman who’d spent most of her life convinced she’d be lucky to see thirty With him she was a confident twenty-five year adept at the art of flirting, and used to being wanted, not pitied That was always one of the worst parts about being sick, the look that clearly said, that poor girl, and constant handling with kid gloves

Itsincere, or taking her on as so but enjoyable when the person laying down the pipe was afraid that too much activity would kill the woman beneath him Her face heated with the remembered embarrassment of her last sexual encounter It hy she was hesitant to tell Oliver the truth about her past It would change the way he viewed her With your scars, it’s not like you can hide it forever She rubbed her hand over her chest and let out a sigh They were only on their second date, so she had time

“Are you okay?” he asked

“Hmmh?”

“You were rubbing your chest Are you okay?”

“Oh yeah” She lowered her hands, ht “Nervous habit”