em and squeezing them gently. One finger brushes o
en far
ly. The fabric of the jean shorts I'm wearing for the ho
harder. I should stop this, but I
g ovul
doorway. I jump away from him like I've been
eks fl
tal look, or maybe it'
impassive tone after a few minutes of silence. "While I'd like to s
lips and then bi
y?" his grandmother suddenly as
e-deep in her
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d to
t'd lead to somethi
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a business merger. It'll b
ere content with
advantages instead of ju
stepping away from me. "Why not ship R
ath I didn't kn
ove of me, but
he dining table and do the dishes. Then I
or and sighs while he looks at me. Every inch of
, who was
all f
kitchen. He wanted her to catch us in the act so it could be eve
leaving
s,
or Monday. I may have
As soon as
now," he tells me. "A few blocks down from
's lo
me." His eyes have a distant look in them and for
ed him and his younger sister until death took her away. Now his grandmother was going to be gone, an
ing normal again. "I would like f
uh
o months. Then I'll propose to
uh
your personal life, she is happy I am happy. She wants to die knowing I
eadpan. "Sooner or later,
alantly. "Peopl
pprove of me, you h
," he replies, walking past me.
dy pay me quite well. And while I don't have the kind of wealth you d
he shrugs. "Imagine having to spend my money however you like. Surely, you'd like to get you
your errands a
y y
nk you,"
mill
" I dra
pay for everything you n
ether and honestly, everything that hap
hat's not a
on your kitchen counter that
uldn't
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