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I felt so htness of the sunshine that was hurting my eyes

Great, I forgot about closing the blinds again last night

Willing my sleepy eyes to open a little wider this tiht acrossa dark scowl on his face

Why, oh why! Did I even give hiain? Ah, yes! So, that he can have a place to go to if he was feeling out of sorts

Genius idea that was

Rubbing lanced at his quiet for scowl on his face and still not speaking

Okay…

“Goodto you too,” my voice sleepy and draped with sarcasm

What’s with the attitude? I thought

“What the bloody hell were you thinking, Sienna?!” his voice grating and condescending, his beautiful expressive eyes—old in the er, stormy and formidable

“Excuseabout, Blake?” was he drunk, high or so? He didn’t look it

“Care to enlighten me?” exasperated and annoyed

I felt like someone ran me over, I probably looked it too

I’d give anything for coffee right now, I groaned

What kind ofon anyone’s toes before leaving to go home, I think

I just landed yesterday, jet-lagged, and a little drained from my conversation with Luce before she left for Turkey with Toby And now, this

He barges in here like he owns the place, de demeanor

Wait, how did he know I arrived already? Uh, Lucy Connelly probably did the courtesy

She’sToby Watson—Blake’s best friend since childhood I enuine and we hit it right-off She casually mentioned that the woman, who she shared an apartment with, left for New York to follow her boyfriend, so I immediately inquired about the vacant room

I was living in student housing then, but needed hts, drunken noise, and drama She offered excitedly and wanted me to check it out the next day, I accepted I moved in two days later Our friendship blossomed And we became each others close confidants

She went to school with Toby and Blake, in London School of Econo Toby, teeks after I moved in, I became friends with the two men—more so with Blake We just clicked

That was a little over eight o