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Her hand was literally twitching and wanting to knock on his door She stood there for a fewher shoulders anddown the hallway to her apart the door open when she heard a co around, she saw Do his door to fly back against the ith a loud whack She stood gaping at his disheveled appearance His short, spiky hair looked as if he’d slept on it the wrong way His clothes were rumpled, and he had a crease in the side of one cheek Yep, fro and woken abruptly "Hey," she croaked out, and then wanted to cringe at how high her voice was Ugh, if saying one word could make you sound desperate, then she’d nailed it perfectly
"Heybabe," he replied softly, as he seemed to drink her in She’d noticed his hesitation over the use of his usual endear deal out of it He’d been asleep, and probably wasn’t thinking too clearly yet "Did youu in surprise, she tried to figure out how he knehere she’d been She didn’t think he’d ask Mia or Crystal, so it had to be Shannon Was it evil that she hoped Megan and Maddy gave hireat She’s a bit bossy, but you never have to worry about her holding back" Gwen hadn’t reallyat him, but when he flinched, she had to wonder if he’d taken it that way Maybe a guilty conscience
Looking very unlike the usual confident Dominic that she knew, he stuck his hands in his pockets and studied the floor before abruptly asking, "Have you had dinner yet?" When she shook her head no, he asked, "Can IIat his clothes with a grie clothes in just a few minutes"
Gas tired and still hurt over his week of silence, but he wasan effort Wasn’t that what she wanted? If he hadn’t wanted to see her, he could just as easily have stayed in his apartment, but he hadn’t And dammit, he looked so adorably hopeful that she didn’t have the heart to play hard to get tonight Her stoht before she agreed, causing theuess that’s a yes then," she joked "Just let me take my suitcase inside and freshen up I’ll come to your place when I’ination, but he looked thrilled as he hurried toward his door "Great, I’ll hurry, babe" As he disappeared through his door, Gwen followed suit s had changed between them in a short amount of time The old Dominic would have kissed her senseless by now God, sheNoas als changed that er the possibility of a baby? And what about the conversation she’d overheard between Gage and Doh her hair, Gwen fought the urge to knock her head against the door until either her thoughts had cleared or she passed out One day at a tiht? She’d promised herself and Wendy that So now, this was day one and it was tio
Oh ht as she listened to the door close behind Doainst her pillow, her ure out where she’d lost control
Since they both loved Italian food, Dominic had taken her to a new place in North Myrtle Beach called Nino’s They’d ordered the lasagna for two and after thatthings had gotten strange Gwen had been at her bungling best, and Doed to knock over a glass of wine, and then the bottle before Dominic stuck his elbow in his antipasti salad followed by Gwen dropping a huge bite of her lasagna onto her white top
When they left, they were both splattered in food and wine, and she was certain the restaurant hoped they’d never coain She didn’t know if she’d ever felt that socially aard before She should have known it was a sign of the evening to come when she rolled her silverware from her napkin and directly onto the floor where it
Even the conversation had been sweet and shy They had each talked e years He had opened up about his tie, and Declan He had said that it had been very hard being away from his family, but that he’d mostly enjoyed the tirown to love Gwen caht into the man who had come to mean so much to her
When they’d returned ho everywhere but at each other It seeht kiss stress that usually came after a first date was back, which was absurd since they’d slept together numerous times If it was possible to turn back the clock on a relationship, then they seemed to have done it She cleared her throat nervously while Dominic actually scuffed his foot back and forth To have so to do with her hands, she’d shifted to unlock her door When she turned back to say good night, Dorin, and then she had no idea how it happened, but before she realized as happening, she was in the entryway of her aparts around his waist