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He chuckled as he kicked back the bourbon “You’re a smartass”

I wasn’t going for s for flirty and self-assured I bit my bottom lip I wanted him to see me as confident As confident as he was

“It wasn’t a line I used to do dangerous Not anyave it up you could say Let’s call it retirement”

I feltreckless and different

“What did you do?” I twirled the lemon twist on the surface of my drink

“I don’t talk about it much”

“And what keeps you fro about it? What were you? Soled at ht eyes cut into mine

“Oh,” I whispered

His stare was intense I had pressed too hard We were strangers I didn’t have a right to pry into his personal life I took a sip of h my spine from the way he answered me

A few seconds passed before Vaughn spoke again He s

eemed comfortable with the silence

“Let’s talk about you What do you do?” he asked

“I work at American University Well, actually I don’t ork there I was selected for a program” I realized how flustered his eyesfocus “I’ram for attorneys”

“I wouldn’t have pegged you for a lawyer” He sat back in his chair “You look too sweet for so like that”

Maybe I had disappointed hiht I was in before I started talking Did he think I did soht the innocence in ?