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I stand.
“I accept your offer of paying half, Joe,” I say, only because I want us to leave. “Now, I’m afraid we must be getting back. I have a late-night conference call.”
I don’t.
The only thing I’ll be doing is fucking this gorgeous woman and making up for what I just did.
And planning my next move.
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MIA
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Ithrow my purse downon the kitchen bench and grab a glass out of the cupboard. Turning on the tap, I begin to fill it, then feel Connor come up behind me.
He was quiet on the ride home, but then again, so was I. The entire evening was exhausting. In the car, I curled up my legs, and he pulled me into his chest where I snoozed, both of us deep in thought.
“I’m sorry.” Connor lays his hands on my hips. “About the house. I didn’t think.”
But is he sorry about setting a wedding date without speaking to me? No.
I turn. “It’s fine.”
“No, Mia, it’s not. I won’t take those things from you,” he says, and it almost offends me.
Sometimes, I forget this relationship is fake, which I know is ridiculous because we’re not in love, but Connor is so intense and the way we spend our nights...Well, there is nothing fake about those.
Things are getting so fuzzy in my head.
“You just surprised me,” I say, then when he tilts my face to his, I sigh. There is no hiding from Connor Barrett, and I know he won’t let this go until I share what I’m thinking.
God forbid he ever do the same.
