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“Were you popular in high school?”

“I was a quarterback I wouldn’t say I was the et into school politics That crowd seemed more popular”

She breathed a laugh, clearly disagreeing

“What about you?” he asked

“I was popular I was a che

erleader and I dated the quarterback He and I were king and queen at our senior prom”

“Do they still do that in school? Kings and queens” He grunted in hulass

“Yes, and I’m only twenty-five”

More memories froood kids He had run with a ed crowd

“Back then I had more of a reputation as a bad boy,” he said

She nodded thoughtfully “I can see that” She put her glass on the side table

This conversation was far ne and strawberries “I started rebelling againstthe Colton Oil executives” He had not been executivetrees RidingAnything exciting

“I got into a lot of fights So a Colton, a spoiled rich kid Those kids usually got nosebleeds after I punched them I almost was expelled I think only roundedwith me, but I never listened He never laid a hand on me but I bet he wanted to more than once”

“A bad boy All because your dad wanted you to join Colton Oil?”

“Not just that I aspired to a different existence So more earthy and adventurous”