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“I was telling Kathleen about our wonderful relationship” Keep it auous Couldn’t he read the intense arch of my eyebrows?

I kept the pleasant saze

She sat up straighter in her chair It was no longer bored and uninterested, but engaged and total ga-ga s

“What relationship? Working together?” His face was a mask of confusion

Work withthrough

Kathleen’s suous

Laughing, I threw backactor I always told hi, but he followedfor different coether Our bosses don’t know”

Kathleen pressed her hands against her chest “So wonderfully romantic We’ll keep it quiet, for sure, and not let it out of this rooers across her closed mouth, locked it, and threay the key

There was a murmur of approval from the three other people around the table

“How long have you two been together?”

A small sound escaped my mouth

Stepping forward, Leo wrapped an arainst his chest

Then his hand travelled south, cupping my ass My teeth clacked shut and I claspedit around to my hip

“It’s all neind engagement Sometimes it feels like we’ve only known one another a week Isn’t that right, Gingersnap?”

He stared intowith the fires of retribution Sliding back into the agreeable fiancéemy head around and smiled wide