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Gesturing that she didn’t need his assistance, she swiped a hand down her face, one to Toronto"

She was co She got serious points for that, he thought And because she earing one of those flowy dresses that gave a ht not be under said dress, along with a deni to her and fighting her efforts--he stepped into the fountain to help her

"The water’swar out How is the water warm?"

He looked down at the water Green He could feel coins beneath the soles of his shoes "That can’t be good"

She choked and he did a rimace He deserved the tears Hell, he deserved fury But when she lifted her face, he realized she was laughing?

She’d found hu shift in his chest at that, a zing of attractionIn fact, he actually wasn’t seeing toohis glasses He took them off to wipe the lenses on his equally wet shirt and eye contact waseyes "I’ Her clothes were plastered to her body Her very nice, curvy body He forced his gaze back to her face, then stepped out of the fountain and turned back for her, offering a hand

She took it but still fus, led afor purchase on each other until finally he just wrapped an arm around her waist and lifted her out, then set her down on the cobblestoned ground

"Wuff!" Daisy had flopped around on her back for a few seconds, trying to right herself Eventually she’d given up and stayed down, tail wagging like crazy, her tongue hanging out the side of herpotted trees lining the courtyard, now decorated to within an inch of their lives with lights and orna and turned back to the woh "Appreciate the help" She paused, clearly waiting for hi his last name Anonymity was hard to co up the effort

"Well," she said "Thanks for the help, Spence" And then sheturned to walk away

"Wait--" He’d gotten her soaked and he felt terrible about that He wanted to ot her dry and war oddly reluctant "Colbie," she said "My name is Colbie"

"Colbie, I can’t let you just walk away You’ve got to be freezing cold At the very least I owe you dry clothes and a war out her long, dark hair and paused "You ht want to stand back My hair needs its own zip code when it’s wet"

This ," she said

Out of all the wole one who’d be taking this so well, and shit, he realized she was absently rubbing her elbow Gently, he pushed up the sleeve of her deni bruise