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Lucas gave off that bad boy vibe, and yet, I still wondered

And Rae seeuy ould go in for the kiss then tell the girl she was doing it wrong

I scrunched up my nose

“Are you going to sneeze?” Kai asked, suddenly appearing in front of me

“You” I seethed, pointing er at him “If eren’t in public, I’d tell you to run, and despite my lack of cardio, I would chase you down, I would tackle you to the floor, and I would—”

“Thank you soin today!” One of the producers fros ran smoothly came up to us

“Oh osh, it’s their pleasure!” I said in a syrupy sweet voice “Honestly, any time!”

She thanked us again

My slared back at Kai

He no longer looked amused “That was scary”

“What?”

“Your ability to be nice then look like I’ to end up on one of those TV shohere people end up dead, usually by a cri”

“Oh, I’” Was I foa at the mouth?

“I think I forgot”—he gulped—“ roo room

Sookie cao home, Mom! I turned toward him “You’re the only one not in trouble”

He grinned

I reached intoand handed him a pack of fruit snacks “More where that came from…”

So what if I was bribing him?

It worked

He snatched the package fro his eyes in ecstasy before holding out his hand like ere shaking on it

I took it and gripped it fir business with you”

“What business?” Rae asked, approaching with Lucas

I shook my head at both of them “Sookie and I will be at the van Grab your stuff Oh, and…for the hills, he looked scared”

“When has Kai ever been scared?” Lucas muttered under his breath