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“You can’t tell at all that you’ve never been in love,” Luke hed off his words That much was true Alex would say I act the way I do because I’ in love If I were completely honest with myself, I would admit there was some truth to that Love fucks you up, which is why I didn’t do relationships Relationships lead to love and being in love opens you up to the possibility of getting hurt Love rips your chest open and puts your heart out there to be broken It makes you vulnerable and puts you out on display until eventually it rips through you like an emotional hurricane and destroys you I’ve seen what love can do to people
You can’t half tell I have abandonment issues, can you?
After a few hours drinking with my old buddy, we finally parted ways By that Ithe blonde at the bar I cocked ot to her feet, her tipsiness noticeable by the way she stuhtly as she took a step She reachedat me
“Hello sexy,” I , whichin a bar all alone dressed up to the nines With her lassy eyes, the few drinks she’d consumed had clearly taken their toll on her
“Hello,” she said, a sudden burst of shyness consu ht?
“So I’ to be leaving with me?” I downed the last of my drink and stood up, as if I didn’t care either way This was easy to do because I really couldn’t care less whether she came with me or not She opened her mouth, both shocked and aroused by my forwardness
“You better shut that pretty littleto stick in there,” I grinned I put out ht hook ?” I asked She took it uncertainly, allowingto be rude, but I couldn’t believe that line had actually worked!
“Do I get to know your na for a second she didn’t knoho I was Everyone kneho Jack Falcon was Pretending not to recognizenot to knoho the Queen was
“Does itmy eyebrows
“I guess not,” she sta me out the door It always amazed me how easily they followed
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“You like your scotch,” she sht elbow The ave e She’d definitely ht