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“Are you okay?” Thomas eyed me. “Are you always this quiet?”

“No! I mean, yes,” I babbled, blushing deeply. “I mean, sorry. No. I’m just nervous.” I glanced down at my hands twisted tightly in my lap. “Like I said, I don’t really date much.”

“I don’t mind,” Thomas said. Now his voice was lighter, teasing.

“Good.” I gulped again.

“June, are you nervous being with me?” Thomas glanced at me, raising an eyebrow.

Yes, I thought quickly.

“Um,” was all I could say.

“Don’t be nervous,” Thomas said. He smiled. “I promise, I’m not some big bad wolf.”

No, I thought. You’re just gorgeous and rich and sexy and I can’t believe you’d want anything to do with a little nerd like me.

“I am, a little,” I said quietly. I glanced out the window and watched the shops and restaurants whizzing by. The warm, leathery Porsche felt like a different world, somehow like I was seeing everything in Manhattan for the first time.

“Would it help if I said that I’m nervous, too?”

“What?” I narrowed my eyes and whirled around in the seat. “Why?”

Thomas laughed. “Because I haven’t dated in a long time,” he said. “Probably fifteen years or so.”

I blinked. “You…you haven’t dated since the divorce?”

“No,” Thomas said. He swallowed. “I didn’t want to jump back in right away, you know,” he said. “The divorce was such a headache, it took all of my energy. I didn’t think that would be very fair.”

“I see.”

“And besides, it’s not going to be easy for Brett,” Thomas added in a low voice. He pulled the car over to a little area marked ‘valet.’ I blinked – the outside of Daniel was as beautiful as a luxury hotel.

“I know,” I said quietly. “He…he hasn’t been taking this well.”

“No,” Thomas said dryly. “And I’d want to ease him into the idea that I’m seeing someone.”

“Especially his teacher,” I added in a quiet voice.

Thomas laughed. “June, don’t worry about it,” he said. “This is just a first date. I’ll handle Brett, okay?”

I nodded.

A tuxedoed valet swooped down and pulled open the passenger door. I was careful to keep my knees together as I climbed out of Thomas’s fancy Porsche. Once I was on the ground, I wobbled once again and almost fell but steadied myself with a hand against the car.

“These are my roommate’s, too,” I said, giving a guilty glance down to my heels.

Thomas laughed. “I’d like to see your closet,” he said. “But I have to admit, that dress is perfect for you.” He reached out and swept my black hair across the nape of my neck. The slightest touch of his fingers made the hair on the back of my neck stand up and I shivered.

“Thank you,” I said softly. “That means a lot.”

Thomas grinned. He offered me his arm and after a moment, I accepted.

“Wouldn’t want you tumbling down,” he said with a smirk.

I blushed as Thomas led me inside. The inside of Daniel was breathtakingly beautiful, with elegant marble and gold fixtures everywhere I looked. The plush red carpet under my heels felt like walking on a lush bed of grass, and the ceilings were so high that I felt tiny, like a dwarf.

“Like it?” Thomas gave me a bemused smirk.

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