Love In Strange Places

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ad. The way his hand brushed against mine, the heat of his presence beside me, the way his eyes lingered just a little too long. This

rrow. Lunch

n. Just a

my skin. He always did

if I ha

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owing my phone

ely, he wa

soon, and my mood

vident in every tired student shuffling to class.

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" she accused, falli

m n

r arms. "You left the par

n't in the mood

? Or didn't want to admit that you and J

p my neck. "

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," I muttered

idn't push further. She didn't hav

a

ecked my phone again.

son who had the nerv

y showed up, sh

e to just drop everything w

t people don't

stepped inside, brushing

could even call it that. She didn't fall over herself to impress me. She challenged

closing the doo

lifted. "You

ed. "Sam

d a slice of pizza. Silence stretched betw

lly spoke. "So what's the rea

st wanted t

a dry look.

a

watching her carefully. "

itated.

have to

y. "Right. The fa

de my chest tighten. She wanted to kee

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they were the only thing in the world worth his attention. It

me to do?" I asked, trying

ked. "Be c

lready be

eno

e? You're Jason Carter. The ent

o fast I almost missed it. Then the smirk was

Hated that I couldn't tell if he was playing a ro

e dropping lower. "Tell me,

close... Too confident... Too dangerous. I needed to

atter?" I

me, then grinn

ension stayed. Neither of u

a

The whole point of this arrangement was to make people

counter, watching h

nking too h

ked. "Ex

u overanalyze everything. I

kened. "I do n

d. "If yo

but I didn't push. For now. Instead, I

d, holding up th

idened. "W

e photo, capturing her

e hissed. "

and posted

brated almos

screen, eyes narrow

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. "You're i

ut effective,"

world believed it. Now the

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he time I made it back to my dorm, my notificat

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ol. Jason was enjoying this way too much. I needed boundaries. Before I

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admitting you c

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'm se

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ipped a beat. This was fake. It had to be.

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t me like that-like she wasn't sure if she wanted to fight me or kiss me-I knew we were past the

ould be able to