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“You can see the sunset and the sunrise.” I wink at her, because I can’t help it. “Come home with me and I can show you both.”
Her eyes roll and she makes an exaggerated, exasperated sound, part sigh, part groan. “You’re relentless.”
“I’ll win you over yet, Claire Bear.” I hope so, at least.
“Only time will tell.” The way she smiles tells me I might be winning her over already.
“Wanna get dinner?” What the hell, man? Two dinner invites in one week? Get your shit together, Beck. Whatever. I’m gonna roll with it.
Body still, Claire blinks up at me. “What?”
“Dinner. You know, that thing you eat after lunch and before you go to bed.”
“No,” she replies quickly.
“Why not?”
“I’m…not hungry.” Her darty-eyed expression is suspect.
“There’s no way you ate already. You’ve been on the road all day. And all we ate tonight was popcorn. Come on, let me feed you, Claire.”
“I’m fine, Avery. I’ll eat at home.”
“I thought you said you weren’t hungry?”
“Ugh, shut up.” She shoves a finger in my chest. “You fight me on everything.”
“I think you mean you fight me on everything.” I cross my arms over my chest and quirk a suggestive brow, challenging her to fight me on this, too.
She takes the bait, her flaily arms making an appearance. “I do not! You won’t leave me alone!”
“You like it, Claire.”
She stomps one foot, wild arms still in the air. “You’re so annoying!”
“Not as annoying as you.”
Her nostrils flare, hands curling into tight fists at her sides. “I don’t like you!” Lies.
“I don’t like you either.” More lies.
“Ugh!” She’s so angry she’s shaking. “I just wanna…I just wanna…”
“What, Claire? What do you wanna do?” Because I wanna kiss her.
I step closer. She licks her full lips, chest lifting on a sharp inhale. My gaze lifts to the messy topknot on her head. I reach over and pull on her elastic, watching those thick copper waves tumble down around her shoulders.
Shoulders back, standing tall, Claire lifts her face to look me dead in the eyes. “You’re so fucking arrogant.”
“You’re so fucking beautiful.”
She steps toward me. “You think every woman wants you.”
“But I only want you.”
Her eyes flick to my lips. “Liar.”
“Nah. Not lying.”
