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The difference between hio on a bender, he would do it alone Less chance for soet hurt that way

“Late? It’s barely nine o’clock”

He didn’t knohat to say, so he said nothing

“You’re really going to go?” Disbelief colored her words—disbelief underlined by a healthy dose of pissed off

Mac got to his feet and tossed his napkin on the table They were outside, sitting on the deck, and a slight breeze had picked up, throwing long strands of Lily’s blond hair into the air

“Lily, trust ht now”

“Unbelievable” Lily tossed her napkin and got to her feet as well “Are you kidding me?”

“I—”

“You are not walking away right now”

Mac felt the walls closing in He didn’t like to have his actions dictated “Yeah I am”

“Wow,” Lily said, shaking her head “You’re so else You show up here, half-naked, sweaty, and ready to jus, flirted like a pro, and you’ve been ht” She leaned her hands onto the table and bent toward him “And now you think that you can just leave?”

“Christ,” he muttered under his breath He was used to woet their oe his mind That he could handle But a confrontation? He didn’t do confrontations—he tried to avoid theot the best of him and shit happened

“Don’tis for babies Say what’s on your mind”

Mac stared at Lily in surprise She was a lot ined Kind of

“Look, Lily” He blew out a hot breath and tried to think of so that wouldn’t make him look like such an asshole It was kinda hard because he was being an asshole