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“H it for myself,” I teased

“Don’t you dare” With a serious expression, he snatched the bottle from my hands and put it back on the shelf

“So, that’s a no?”

“A hard no,” he said, grinning

Next, I picked up a pink bottle shaped like a flower and took a whiff The scentit out, I said, “This one’s really nice”

“Let me see” He narrowed his eyes on me as if he suspected it was a trick and inhaled His eyes instantly watered, and he fake-gagged “Man, that’s bad It’s like a rose htmares”

For the next thirtythe worst scents we could possibly find Nothing was off limits, and the object was to one-up each other Who could find the ne called Poison Dart, I chuckled to ne with the word poison in it sood

When Carson came to test my selection, I plucked his t-shirt off his chest and spritzed him with it

“Hey!” He tipped his head down and grimaced “Oh, man” He choked “I think they successfully bottled the smell of death What’s this one called?”

“Poison Dart”

“Yup That’s about right You win, and I concede Poison Dart definitely takes the bag Worst cologne ever”

I laughed so hard, my stomach ached

“You owetime,” he said, then before I could stop hime in a cloud of the odorous stench “How do you like it?” he asked

I struggled to break free frorip, but when my eyes met his, I stilled They were so close I could make out every reen in them,” I rasped It ht

“Thanks for noticing” He smirked, and I shoved at his chest, then moved out from under his arm