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Patience started toward the cash register "You know about the bet?"

"Yes Men are so strange"

Patience laughed "They are Why doesn’t he siular way? With sex? Oh, well Not o," Destiny said auto and rocking back and forth

Get pregnant the regular way? With sex? Like the sex she’d had the previous night? Sex with absolutely zero protection?

She handed over her money and nodded as Patience talked, but Destiny couldn’t do anything but try to keep the spinning world in focus Her chest was tight, her body cold, and panic began to s her whole

Pregnant? Pregnant? No and no She couldn’t be They’d only done it one tiet a free pass or soy, but surely she’d read so like that

"Destiny?"

She blinked and saw Patience holding out a to-go cup

"Sorry Too ht," she said with a nervous laugh "I’ly "I’ve been to that particular party myself" Her eyes widened "Were you at The Man Cave? Did you sing? I’d love to hear you sing again"

"Next ti to be a next tiot restless, she would take up jogging or go split logs She kne to split logs, and that would be a whole lot safer than what she’d done the previous night The worst that would happen with a misplaced ax was she would chop off her foot

She called out, "Have a good day," and hurried toward the exit She needed to drink her coffee and get her heart rate back to nor reassured herself, she sipped her hot coffee and walked toward her office The day was pretty, and if she ignored thein around her, she would be fine Better than fine She would be--

She rounded a corner and ran ser to the side, he grabbed her by her upper ar to see you," he said

I was planning on avoiding you Not that she said that aloud Instead she ed what she hoped was a friendly, "Oh"

They stared at each other

His hands were still on her ar with the pressure of each individual finger He had nice hands, she thought idly Large and capable He’d had his hands on her body He’d seen her naked OMG, the man had seen her naked

A shrill sound built up inside her, but Destiny forced it down Calm, she told herself She was calm Later, she would look upfor sure Because no , plate-throwing, emotionally intense parents One sexual encounter did not a crazy person er than her horer than

Kipling pulled her toward a bench She thought about bolting, but kneould only follow If they were seen running through town, people would talk, and she really didn’t want the speculation She sat