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"How big are her brsts exactly?" Carson asked with a curious tilt of the head

Matt jabbed a finger in Carson’s direction "Like I said, none of your business" He glanced at Ryan "And Annabelle is exaggerating I’ a little fling"

"If it’s just a fling, then you should have no proble the juicy details," Ryan pointed out, a wide smile on his face

Matt faltered His friend had a point In the past he’d had no qual the measureh, he felt guilty objectifying Savannah in that way Sure, she was a knockout, but that wasn’t the only reason he liked her She was smart, unbelievably funny, sarcastic…stubborn Yeah, definitely stubborn He’d left the ball in her court after their encounter in the shop two days ago, and she still hadn’t called hi had only annoyed her, and that she’d washed her hands of him and went after some other dude Like Hank

"Still want to convince us it’s just a fling?" Carson said when Matt hadn’t answered for more than a minute

"It is," he finally replied "She’s fun to be with And she has no interest in anything serious, so it’s, you know, perfect forthose last three words?

Shit, they had All threeat hi

"You want more," Carson accused

"No," he said quickly "No way"

"Fuck, you totally do I know the feeling, h "When Holly and I first hooked up, she insisted she didn’t want a relationship It took ive us a chance"

"I don’t want to convince Savannah of anything," he objected "Like I said, it’s just a casual thing I don’t plan on--" His cell phone, which he’d placed on the table, began to vibrate Matt’s heart did an involuntary lurch when he noticed the caller ID "Hold on I gotta take this"

He was out of his seat andto the other end of the patio in nanoseconds, while Carson and Ryan burst out laughing froia!" Carson the five-year-old called

Matt clicked the talk button and lifted the phone to his ear "Hello?"

"You’re playing hard to get," was the greeting he received "I don’t kno I feel about that"

He grinned at the petulant note to her voice "I’ames, Superman"

"Neither do I" He paused "Except Scrabble I’h echoed in his ear "Are you waiting forI’ve always thought I’d be a terrible beggar, sitting there on the sidewalk, holding out a tin can I think eventually I’d get bored and go look for a job"

Laughter rolled out of his chest "I’ht have been politically incorrect"

"I don’t like politics either," she said breezily "Nohat’ll it take to get you to corown bored of having sex with you" He smiled to himself, proud that he was finally back on track All the char those first few encounters with Savannah, but he’d slowly begun regaining ground here, and the outrage in her voice confirood at sex"