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"And that’s supposed to be punishers up and down her neck, watching her relax into the bed "I can’t say what I like about you, but I’ll tell you a few things When you were seven, Eric broke a laet to go to his baseball gaht, you lost a tooth and buried it in the backyard so a weird creep wouldn’t walk in on you at night

"When you were thirteen, you cried because you thought someone kidnapped Oscar the cat…Sorry about that one" Her lips curved up eveninside of me fall even deeper for her "And today you’re twenty-tearingup at me And your eyes lock with mine in such a sexy way that it makes me want to rip off your shirt and just lay with you nad It’s not even that I want to have sex with you I just want to fking lay with you"

Her eyes started to glass over ater and I shook my head "So I’m sorry, I can’t say what I like about you Because it stopped being ‘like’ a long tie nine and fell in love with you at nine-in-a-half"

I watched as a sasp released fro ainst hers "Thank you," sheher photos The light in her eyes right then and there had to be captured It was theI’d even witnessed It was the best feeling, taking her picture; at least I thought that until she started taking photos of the both of us together

Best fking night of my life

Chapter Thirty-Five

I OPENED MY eyes to the sunlight shining It was the first good night sleep I’d had in quite so and had been replaced with a note

I looked down at the cash left on the bed--a one hundred dollar bill Yeah, because everyone spends that kind of money on breakfast, Cooper Next to the o undercover? As I went to get out of the bed, I paused A wave of sickness washed overrong I’d never had a hangover that lasted this long Splashing water across my face, I stared into the bathroorew in me My mind mentally started to check the invisible calendar in ain All color was drained fro the lasses and headed out of the hotel I needed to find the closest corner store When I dashed into one,faster than lanced around the space and found the pregnancy tests I got three--couldn’t hurt

What if I were pregnant? Crap…I drank so ht I hoped…Stop I had to slonon and I wasn’t even sure if I was…

I paid for the tests, and as I walked out, I was shocked to see the paparazzi standing around ? Where’s Cooper?" they hollered I re with ht as we speak How does that uys yelled I paused when I heard it and shook er

The next person’s question freaked me out a bit more "Is your name Andrea Evans?" They could probably see how stunned I looked through an to feed on my sudden nervousness "How does it feel to be a home wrecker? They are still married, you know"

"Is it true you are a prostitute?"

What? That’s ridic--I took off lasses as I saw the photo the fat paparazziin his hand It was a photo of ht at his hotel, but for soe look a lot shadier than it was

My heart started to race I couldn’t go back to the hotel Instead, I broke into a run As fast as I could My eyes filled with tears as I foundmy apartment door, I rushed in, slammed the door, and approached the couch Next to it was Derrick’s cologne, and I sobbed as I sprayed it into the air The smell of Derrick filled my body, and I slipped a few inches closer to Chaos How could this be happening? Where did those pictures co recent memories of Cooper and me Within an instant, flashes of Derrick and I appeared My past was once again controlling my present, with its hands wrapped brutally aroundit with so much sadness that I was al enough to deal with theout

My teeth bit down on round Shifting through it, I allowed the tears to fall, not taking ti under a pen and picked it up My engageI didn’t deserve the right to ever wear it again

Everything hurt, nothingseeht And thisI couldn’t breathe

Chapter Thirty-Six

I DIDN’T KNOW why, but Kyle had made it completely clear I had to s up before he and I could start handling the big issues

I sat in the chair across from her in the apartment As far away as possible The last ti h reasons to doubt this was going to be a pleasant visit "What’s going on?" I said with a dark tone I didn’t have any need to be polite to her

"I need you…" she said, looking doards her hands resting on her ever-growing belly

"Iris, seriously"

"You never asked me," she whispered as she looked up at es"