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I hated to even think about it, but he kind of had a point there

He sat up with startling speed and rose from the bed He stood before me His hair was a tumbled mess, his chest and stomach bare, those jeans unbuttoned "I can’t do what I want to do to you, with you, when you don’t even knoho you are"

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Luc was right

And Luc rong

I realized that about fifteen minutes after he walked out of his apartain, I stared up at the exposed bea what the hell had just happened between Luc and me I couldn’t believe I’d kissed him I couldn’t believe he’d kissed me back That we ended up where we did, on this bed, and so close to--

Sroaned If Luc hadn’t stopped, I wouldn’t have either I would’ve gone as far as we could’ve I would’ve dived headfirst without thinking about any of the many, many consequences

Like, for example, I didn’t have condoms on me, because of et pregnant? Get an STD? Like that was exactly what I needed inabout that noay after the fact?

Because I was dued God kneith everything going on right now, ot that I did But having hi and infuriating

If I was going to make a mistake, I was damn well entitled to make that mistake

And yeah, that sounded ridiculous, even to me

Do what I want to do to you, with you

I sucked in a sharp breath as I shivered What did that even ? I knew exactly what thatto What did itto have face hi he’d seen h

I rolled onto h

I had no idea how much time passed as I lay there, my knees drawn up and my skin chilled by the cool air It had to have been hours, but at soht about

I didn’t knoho I was Not at all I wasn’t the Nadia who Luc reht I as a lie I had to deal with that, because I couldn’t spend another day driving around without facing the truth I was Nadia I was also Evie And I had no idea what that o hoin to ht by the ti to a clap of thunder that rattled the entire building Startled, I flipped onto , I jerked into a sitting position "Holy crap, Zoe What the hell?"

"Sorry" She sether I looked away and then refocused She earing that hot-pink jumper, the one April had said made her look like a toddler She so did not look like a toddler "I wasn’t standing here watching you I swear"

"Really?" I pulled ht filtered in through the , and rain pattered off the glass

"I actually just came into the roo" Zoe bit down on her lower lip and then laughed "But your face was absolutely priceless"

"Ugh" I rubbed attemples "Why are you in here?"

What I didn’t ask here Luc was, because I hadn’t seen him since he left and I had no idea if he’d come back after I’d fallen asleep It was possible

She knocked a bunch of tight curls out of her face "I wanted to talk you"