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He snorted “No”
“She seems to know an awful lot about you”
Zeke’s face shifted Those incremental movements somehow made him that brusque, cold man alked on the opposite side of the street It was unnerving to witness tha
t change after the way he’d started to open up with her
“She doesn’t know anything I like it that way”
“Makes it kind of hard to get close to you though If you’re in a relationship, that is”
He didn’t say anything to that All the flutters she’d felt in the restaurant when Zeke claimed her in front of his friend died in that silence
They reached the car He helped her inside, joined her, and started the engine It purred while they sat there She was about to say so wheel “I should get you home”
“That’s it?”
His knuckles whitened as his fingers tightened “Yeah”
“Then I guess you're right”
The drive back was painful It was infuriating to not know anything about Zeke’s past while a woman like Delilah was clearly privy to a nu that she wasn’t good enough for Zeke to confide in
“You’re upset”
She blinked and looked over at hilow flickered over his face as they drove down the quiet streets There was a cheekbone Now those lips, still frowning The edge of his chin A brief moment of blue as an eye was illuminated But never one complete picture
“I’”