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Her body softened as she leaned against hioes well above first date status”

He chuckled “I can’t lie, Viv This is the first date I’ve felt co”

She didn’t rabbed soister She didn’t ued briefly when he refused to let her pay, but some woman in line behind them distracted her with a question about her scarf She was too polite to ignore the question and by the tined, she’d cuddled up against his side as they left the store

It was nice to wrap an arm around her waist It was nicer to step out into the sunshine and enjoy the cool breeze that floated through the parking lot, feeling her warainst him She made a noise of contentesture that was oddly inti how s with her back at her house

He was closing her car door when his phone rang “Harding,” he answered, walking around the back to get to his door

“Okay, this is the last offer I’ht If you want to come, we’ll be at Gianni’s at seven”

“Mind if I bring a date?”

Zeke couldn’t decide if he was offended or amused by the sputter on the other end of the line John recovered and said, “Sure, if you want I didn’t know you were seeing anyone”

“Yeah,” Zeke said as he slipped into the car and looked at Vivian “She’s one of a kind”

Her sweet smile eclipsed the rest of John’s state about his newfound wo up

“What was that about?” Vivian asked

Zeke leaned across and kissed her Only when he ran out of air did he pull back and answer “Are you up for dinner tonight with one of the guys I served with? It’d be a double date”

“Sure When?”

“Later” He reached for her again This tih and kissed him back Only when his hand inched up the hem of her dress and her hand neared his fly did they both draw back, breathing heavily

“We should put up the alarms,” she said, breathlessly