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“You wouldn’t be s about that I think you’d beto keep tabs on him?”

“You have a point” Heaviness tightens my chest, but I still feel the relaxation in

We’re out of the car, waiting for the garage elevator, and she tilts her head to the side, studying my face “You’re handsome when you frown, but you’re even hotter when you smile”

“That’s the kind of thing that will make people suspicious”

The door opens, and we step inside, hitting the button for the twentieth floor “Why don’t you?”

Leaning against the wall, I think about her question “Never have uess”

“And now you do?” She’s grinning like she won the lottery

“I haven’t decided yet”

Stepping across the small space, she puts her arms around my waist Her chin lifts, and she kisses the side ofin my ear “I think you have”

She kissesstrike My hand slides in s We separate at once She moves to one side of themy leather loafers as she exits ahead of me

Taron asked toto discuss our next steps, but all I can think about are ht, and like a fucking coward, I wasn’t ready to have that conversation

We’ve got to have that conversation and soon Especially now that s are involved How did this happen?

I openthe cover ofa quick text I’m here Ready when you are

Outside my , the nonstop traffic pours around the city like a strea up Broadway, and the sun is arette My hand goes in ht tap sounds on my door

“Hey” Taron walks in and my brow furrows I don’t like the look on his face