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Laura said nothing, then started to explain, but thought the better of it "Nevermind"

"You are stuck on Dylan, aren’t you?" Josie’s tone was incredulous "Did you ever figure out who that woman was?"

"Nope"

"And has he tried to reach you?"

Laura blew air out her nose, laughing softly "I have 34site"

"Oh, he’s playing it cool, isn’t he?" Josie frowned "But I thought you blocked him?

"He created a new account" Josiesound of disbelief

Laura so there, Josie You kno much it hurt when I found out about Ryan…" She had dated Ryan for the better part of a year They’d shopped for engages He’d introduced her to his boss, went on double dates, and then one day she got an anonye on Facebook A request to friend

Someone with Ryan’s last naot that detail

She had a pretty simple morality: don’t date people who file taxes with other people as a married couple Her rule was pretty sih

And now she applied the sa people ere involved with other people

"If I’ to be part of a threesome, Josie, it won’t be as the invisible third"

"Mmmmm, a man sandith Laura in the reat exaggeration

Laura’s hands reached out to shove Josie before she could think to stop herself "Cut it out!" Her face burned, though, with the thought Josie just cackled

A threesoht about it As her breath hitched with embarrassment and arousal she shifted in her seat, now painfully aware of the increased heat in her nether regions

Regions that had seen more activity – and from more men – in two days than in twoin a tree – o!" Josie joked, skittering away so Laura couldn’t punch her again Shaking her head, Laura buried her face in her coffee to hide her expression fro out that Laura would welcoe to herself, much less admit to her friend There were lines in friendship This was one of them She couldn’t take back the words if she blurted theht now she was just too confused and tired to deal with the fallout of ad what her heart really desired

Besides, there was that pesky issue of Dylan’s girlfriend Funny how that put a screeching halt to any sandwich fantasies

At least she had Mike

"You still have Mike, though," Josie uy who looks like sood, too?"

Laura threw the empty half-n-half container at Josie, who just chuckled as she stood and walked out the door, leaving Laura to get ready for a torturous day at work, the hours before seeing Mike stretching out like years

As she dressed, though, she remembered her drive home from their last date For so as soon as they’d gotten in their cars At first, she’d al so – more More words? No More sex? Ah – no

Just more

By the tiered the tears seemed to have settled and found its place inside her Could sex with soo unleash e?

Was it deeper than that? Her earring got stuck as she tried to shove the post through the ancient hole, the back of the earlobe grown over A few layers of skin closed up the back of the lobe and she worked to center the end of the post over the spot where the lu her teeth, she forced theof newly-pierced tissue evolving into a throb

Her favorite pearl earring dangled nicely Was it worth the pain?

Sure For the sake of wearing so that complemented her perfectly

Maybe Mike’s the saht You had to date a lot of painful jerks before you found the one who complemented you perfectly

Hot tears filled her mouth and eyes

Aha Now she understood

And yet Dylan – she closed her eyes and full drops poured out of her inner tear ducts and down her nostrils An ache in her throat spread to her chest Ignoring his ony Sheer, unadulterated pain in the forh she had faltered only once The (gorgeous, incredible, irresistible) idiot had gone and created a co him! How stalkerish and weird and creepy and –

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