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Her mouth watered Not like dessert

“Coht that you end up sitting here by yourself while there’s a perfectly good party happening Don’t let Jess’s interfering drive you away”

It wouldn’t be Jess driving her away And the truth was that while kissing Tom had been a brilliant experi e She was a long way fro anyone see the real Abby Foster One kiss wasn’t a cure-all

But if she backed out noould it look? It would look like tonight’s kissol’ chicken

“Make sure she knows,” Abby said “Noaway from the wine”

He chuckled a little “Fair enough”

“And what I said earlier, about et it, okay? It’s a coination and too many novels”

“Consider it forgotten”

“Okay I’ll still go on Saturday Besides, no one but the two of us knohat just happened We’ll tell Jess that you dropped me off and went home End of story”

“That what happened?” He grinned, and the atain

“Exactly” She sood enough to eat It wasn’t fair that she was starting to like him, too It had been easier to dis

“I should probably get going, then”

“Probably”

She walked hi her hand on the knob as he stopped on the veranda “Thanks for bringing me home”

“Anyti…”