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“The only things of yours are your toothbrush, which needed to be replaced anyway, and a t-shirt I let you sleep in a few tiuess it's yours now?”

Jessica alking through the house, slowly and deliberately, pretending to look for stuff This was just another of her tactics to get me face to face, and it worked I was a damn fool

“I swore I left my iPod over here”

“When's the last time you used a damn iPod, Jess?” I asked

She shot me a look of death “W

hat's it matter? It's mine, so I want it back”

“Do you? Do you really?” I asked, raising an eyebrow “Or is this just another story designed to get me to talk to you because you think we can work this all out and get back together?”

“Oh seriously, Sebastian,” she rolled her eyes dramatically “Get over yourself”

Well, I'd beme I was ready toiPod anywhere in my house

“We should get together for lunch before you leave for Bali,” she said, changing her tone entirely “You know, just to talk sos out before you head overseas with God knoho”

“I' with anyone,” I muttered

Which wasn't entirely true I had Violet co with me now, as an assistant But Jessica wouldn't believe it and would likely just o Not like she deserved to know We were broken up after all I owed her nothing

“Sure, whatever you say,” she said, rolling her eyes again

Jessica was a beautiful wo, blonde hair, blue eyes, and a killer body – the stereotypical Southern California beauty It's why I initially fell for her, of course But her personality ot to know one another, the less I cared for her I was starting to think I oing A bit fatalistic, perhaps, but it seemed like all I had was just one failed relationship after another, and it was growing old

Jessica stopped digging through a desk drawer for her non-existent iPod, closed it and turned toward estively, she sidled up to ht into my eyes The old me would have been hard in an instant, ready to take her to bed But now? I didn't even want to be this close to her