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gold leather seats didn't look tacky. It looked like s

s hand to me. I took it without hesitat

w. He looked up when he entered and blinked as if he was surpr

elled out, answering the unspoken qu

was deeper than Ralph's and somehow, the way he sp

Don't mind him. We are. Nik, this

if asking what that

r direction. I deci

dn't tell whether or not he was annoyed with my presence. Had

thought much about it when I decided to climb into a private jet with two strange men but now

s? I was tired of living so carefully. I was tired of living according

e does, but I promise, he doesn't bite. Also, if you don't feel c

he read

for my response. Both gazes pinned on me had me flustered. "I'm n

ood or b

ats. Ralph took the seat opposite me and Nik, who had cla

with two strangers. I didn't know whether to blame it on my heartbreak or my lack

I hadn't seen when I got on the jet poured us some champagne

ing a sip of the champagne. It tasted be

What? Are you meeting your

umor. "I didn't marry him.

an answer for him. He shook his head. "Men are jerks

red in the past week. I didn't know if it was the alcohol or the thrill of the situation I was cu

mpathetic and annoyed on my behalf. He poured me a ne

a laugh. "You

ice was low. "You're handling i

e was speaking directly to me. It was the seco

ew, instead of crying in bed over someone

"I've done my fai

I'll make sure of it." The words slid out of Ral

air, heavy and loaded.

was loosened now, his collar open. The

ugh, my chest started to feel heavier. Maybe Ralph was

ed a strand of hair from m

t feel so sad,

with him," I admitted. Ralph was a stranger yet he was the first person I was telling this to. I was used to Dougla

help you for

ike he was waiting for me to stop him. I didn't. Lila didn

. I just wanted to feel so

, testing me. Then it became deeper. His hand cradled my neck, his ton

tched us. He didn't seem shocked. He didn't e

e to be attracted to a new man. I wasn't even over Douglas but

mind, I already knew what I was gettin