a's

he bar when he a

floating. The music in the club was so loud I cou

eyes forward for exactly

ding next to him was different from watching him from a dist

but they still managed to be that unusual blue. They were like deep

e looked at me. Neith

liked that

e," I said. My voice was dry from the whisk

went straight

one night, beautiful. But if you want an

. I felt like a different person tonight. Like the last three years had been a costume and s

out and to

idn't look startled. He just looked at me with the same steady, interested attent

" I said. It wa

g about where we com

s voice low and close.

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oved together in the heat and the no

of it within the first few seconds. He was a good dancer. He paid attention to ho

leaned his head

," he said. His breath was warm against the side

tbeat was steady and strong. "Tonight seems like the beginning of

nce, and for a second, the room blurred and I felt weightle

I had trained myself to produce at Vivienne's dinner parties. T

ve million dollars and a very big grudg

, kinder. "I don't care about your money, and I don't care about your grudge. I just like how cute you look in this o

ed up

. You look lovely tonight, but the neckline could be lower. You look beautiful, but the dress isn't quit

rrections. He just

led to something about aliens, and I said something back that made him laugh, and then he told me a jo

th Dorian, every conversation had a temperature I had to monit

ter. There was no one watching. There were n

idn't want to like anyone, I w

just held me still in the middle of the dancing crowd, looking at my

er my fingers. "I'm looking at you because you are being nice. And I d

anged in his

r. "I can be mean if that's what you want. But I

him for a

k. But standing here, this close, with his hands warm on my waist and his eyes on mine and the music moving through both o

didn't want to name it. I jus

of the space between us, my body against his, bot