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shing a hand through his hair, flashing that soft

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lips, like he knew every

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amusement. "Well, sweetheart, it's Valenti

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to make someone jealous. I need a

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orn my nerd-core red dress with the sleeves and floral embroi

ke the type to lie. Which

ou want to fake-date

douche who stood you

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head. "But I think you care

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posed to b

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class with his hand on the small of my back, and the way he looked at

handle on my spiraling emotions,

showe

café. Roses in one ha

asked, stepping be

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r should've left. You were always

feel the storm building in him

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tween us. "We both know this i

n Ethan

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ares. But all I could focus on was h

away, he turned to Liam

darkly, "deal or no d

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