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“Sweetheart, htpan and into the fire I’ve had a crush on you for years, Jane I’ve never said anything because of our situation You and Harlow have been best friends since you were children, so what kind of dirty old pervert does that make me? I’ you for a couple of years now”

She sly

“I’m twenty-five, Mr Marshall Are you sure it’s only been for a couple of years?”

This woman knows me inside out

“Okay,you, let’s put it that way But given that we’ve already … ahem, “met” at the Cube, I don’t see any reason to stop now Do you?”

She quirks her head at me

“What do you mean?”

I shrug, trying to look casual, even if this is the most important part of the conversation

“You love your friends and your parents, and you work hard to ly beautiful And you fuck like your life depends on it We obviously get along great physically, and the attraction is definitely there So what do you think?”

She blinks several ti?”

This time, it’s my turn to shoot her a wry smile

“Like definitely dating, sweetheart What do we have to lose?”

She bites her lip

“But Harlow”

I stop her

“My daughter is old enough to understand, and besides, she’s married to a man who’s twenty years her senior She’s not a problem at all”

Jane giggles and nods then

“You’re right Let’s do it”

Those words flow overme incredibly happy On impulse, I lean over the table, take her face in ht there in the middle of the diner But Jane is no shy pansy She bites ht now, right here, but this isn’t the Cube This is Roscoe’s, and we’d be arrested for public indecency