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“You think I need protection?”
“With the dress you’re wearing? Abso-fucking-lutely.”
I looked down at myself. “What’s wrong with my dress?”
“Where’s the rest of it?”
I smirked, peering up at him through my long dark lashes. “You didn’t seem to have a problem with my dress a few minutes ago when you couldn’t take your eyes off me.”
“I still can’t take my eyes off you.”
Was he flirting with me?
He was so different from the guy I remembered. It was like night and day. We barely spoke for five minutes, and I hardly recognized the man seducing me. He’d never spoken to me like this before.
Feeling spiteful, I bit, “In that case, you don’t need to worry. The only man I need protection from isyou.”
He flinched, quickly recovering. “You live around here, Hazel?”
I couldn’t resist. “That’s none of your business.”
“I’m making it my business. You shouldn’t be out alone by yourself.”
“I’m not alone. You’re here with me now. But if you want to continue playing this game of I run and you chase, then I’m happy to oblige.”
“I was never one for playing games.”
“Could have fooled me.”
“Would you prefer I say how fucking sexy you look?”
“Wow.” I called him out, “If only Chance could hear you now.”
“Sugar, we aren’t kids anymore.”
“And that makes a difference?”
“It makes all the difference in the world.”
“In what sense?”
“In all the ones that matter.”
“It doesn’t change the fact that Chance is still my brother.”
“Chance isn’t here right now.”
“Oh, I see. That’s why you’re coming onto me?”
“I’m just stating the obvious. You look good all grown up.”
I cocked my head to the side. “You’re still a paradox, Ledger Beckham.”
“And you’re still trouble, Hazel Blakely.”
“Yet here you are playing with fire.”
“I can’t talk to an old friend?”
