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She reached for her towel and wiped the sweat frorabbed her water bottle and took a long swig I waited patiently, enjoying the way she moved I had never seen anyone quite as poised as Harlow She had this graceful, polished way of doing things Even when she was out here sweating, she reminded me of some sort of royalty

Her shoulders lifted and fell as she took a deep breath, then she turned to walk towardto deter rab her and kiss her until we both forgot the past two ood foot of distance between us The uptight, cold, sexy-as-hell tone to her voice was one I was faht her Chinese food and convinced her to trust me

"We need to talk There’s a lot I need to explain," I said

Harlow cocked an eyebrow "I’m not deaf or blind No need to explain I understand coht is not what you think You wouldn’t talk to me I called and you shut me out What was I supposed to do? I wasHell, I’ve been trying to forget you To forget us Because that’s what you were forcingtrashed I didn’t know htened her shoulders, and she stared ateyes It didn’t look pro "I’m not an idiot I know that you never called me except for that one time, and then you were too drunk to know your own na girl, and thanks to you I’m not nearly as naïve as I once was I’ve learned a few hard lessons" She sed hard and shook her head "No We have nothing to talk about, Grant Talking tio to Nan Enjoy her all you want I’m not your concern, nor will I ever be" She turned and started to walk back onto the court

I reached out and grabbed her aret her to listen towith Nan I wasn’t sure where Kiro got his info or if he was just assu it, but fro my calls

"If you didn’t know aboutmy calls?"

Harlow stopped and didn’t try to jerk her arrasp She stood there, so calm The females I knew did not deal with their emotions like this They were loud They yelled, screamed, and threw shit Harloas so unemotional

"You called once You were drunk You never called again Now please let go of my arm I have forty minutes left with Ada call you A ot threatened by your dad Even Dean warned ht that hat you wanted I need to explain"

She spun around and the fire behind her eyes startled irl and I’d know if I missed a call You didn’t call" She jerked her arm free and headed for her side of the court

This was not the way I had iet her to listen to me She was so careful to protect herself Walls had been erected between us and it felt as if they were made of steel

"If that is all, Mr Carter, we need to proceed with our session," Adam said in a businesslike tone

I didn’t want to do this here anyway Not with an audience Instead of answering, I just walked away I didn’t knohat else to do I needed to regroup and plan what to do next I also needed advice Forget waiting on Rush I was going to see Blaire

Harlow

Ada had happened Even after I startedevery ball he sentover and over in my head He was so determined to make me believe he had called me Yet he didn’t think about the fact that his cohand we stood there, staring at each other

"I’ to be able to finish today," I told him He didn’t need any more explanation; I knew he’d heard us We weren’t exactly whispering

"I’rab a cup of coffee?" he asked, surprising me

I wasn’t sure if that’s what I wanted I didn’t really have a lot of friends My books were my friends

"I won’t ask about what happened if you don’t want ood, and I’d like some company," he said when I didn’t respond

I needed to do this It was tiot a life Dad had sent me here andat ho near Nan "I’d like that," I replied

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I wasn’t sure what heme I waited while he used his towel to dry the s drink from his water

When he turned back to me I decided that I liked Adam He was attractive and he was nice And he hadn’t slept with Nanor at least I didn’t think so

"Before we have coffee together, do you have any relationship at all with Nan?" I asked I knew this was ridiculous but I was protectingany tiuess I sounded like a child asking so like that But I didn’t care "No Nan is the kind of girl I keep ust Schweep He’s the club’s new golf pro"

Aweso with the golf pro Ew Just ew "He’s not the only person she’saround with"

Adam’s eyebrows shot up "Like I said Not my type"

Yes, we could be friends

"Good Not that coffeeI just prefer not to waste my time with people who have had any relationship with Nan"

"Hate her thatred flag that the person lacks sority," I replied before snapping my mouth shut I shouldn’t have said that

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