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“Hi, Ford” That sounded nonchalant, right?

He froze, like if he didn’t lasses out there”

The air around us crackled Was it all in et lost after the wedding with that puck bunny all over hione over it soto cheerhe knew could stopI’d lost? If so, he’d done one hell of a job My body had hummed in anticipation of more, and then that future had been ripped away

I f

elt the heat froers, which were less than an inch away from mine on the cool counter

“Holy sexual tension, Bat on hter broke the thin line that stretched betweenhas this thing been going on?”

I stared at her ide eyes, shaking htened

“No!” he shouted

“Not even a little bit We’ve known each other forever He’s…we’re…there’s no sexual tension here, not at all, and we’re certainly not dating” Had someone broken out a flaht have overdone the denial the tiniest bit This was ht about hi up on him? I mean, I kind of was, but he didn’t need to know that Did he think I was there hoping to run into hi away for hi so to talk to him

“Whatever you say,” Max sing songed

“I’ll get the glasses” I wrenched the cabinet open The handle flew out of lass rattled I winced at lasses, gently putting the eye contact, I stirred the pot, which was now at a rolling boil, and then turned off the burner

He gathered up all ten glasses at once and left the kitchen, showing off with his massive hands

I lifted the pot and swung around, skidding to a halt and nearly sloshing piping-hot simple syrup all over us both when he reappeared behind me

“How did you becoe of the counter like ere old friends catching up Well, ere old friends, but this was the first ti time

“I picked it up a little bit here and there” I wasn’t going to tell hi school All I needed was an earful from Colm when that o that y skills would be on ice until I was officially twenty-one Grabbing a handful of the ame yesterday” I kept my eyes trained on the pitcher in front of me