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“Just a little bit longer,” she said over her shoulder before setting out on an even longer recon mission

I grabbed another drink—at least there was an open bar—and observed the room It was stiff backs and stilted conversation even the free-flowing booze couldn’t help

A couple walked up to the bar beside me The man placed their drink order

“How er do we have to stay? Let’s leave now”

“It wouldn’t look good if we did”

“Can you set a ti ht I’d have rather done a date night, not soot us out of a day of work”

“Their food was better”

“Can we get a cheesesteak on the way home?”

He handed over her drink “Absolutely”

These whiners were our competition? If we hadn’t already had confirmation, this was all I needed

We had this in the bag

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Zara

The night air was chilly in the garden area outside of the greenhouse I ran oosebumps

The weight of a war around my shoulders nearly made me stumble Leo stared with deterlass structure