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For the first ti, she took in a coo

Then she looked into Liam’s blue eyes and wantedmore

“Our friendship is my rock” She laid it on the line for hi she couldn’t explain “Romantic involveo back to e had”

Her cheeks burned as she heard the words co about romantic involvement They’d kissed Almost chastely For a second or two

“Butyou responded to sbetween ustoo”

Her breath left her body at his too But too e Youtogether” Not that the proximity seemed to have had an effect on Marie Or hi disowned, kicked out of your apartest case of my life I’ve never represented anyone who even cae news before Plus there was the car vandalis you we’re spending ti Ta for us to share It’s natural that we’d get a little out of whack”

“It’shis hands into his pockets So he wasn’t as sure of himself as he wanted her to believe

The knowledge brought a bit of comfort to her

“Soif we’re both aware of the situation, we’ve talked about it now and we both agree that we don’t want to take it any furtherwe’re good then Right?”

He didn’t answer quickly enough And her heart started to rush again

“I can’t ever be one of your wo at other wo them—when you’re with me And even if you weren’t, I’d probably think you were”

He didn’t flinch “I’d let you down, and you’d get hurt and I’d get hurt and things would change”

She nodded “So we’re good? It happened We kissed And it’s done”

“We’re good” He smiled

She tried to “We’ve been through a lot these past few days, Liaether rather than just you experiencing it andabout it later That’s all this is, you know They call it proximity”