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ide me, while I tried to pretend like my

ally, like it was nothing-

eated. "Do I look like someone

with those madde

need some privacy, especially w

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s not the solution to

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on as we get to New York," I m

k, one eyebrow raised sli

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in surrender, but th

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nally, "what is

ad acts cool but low-key panics a

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and whispered, "I fl

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smile behin

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id gently. "We'll be in New York soon,

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ogether. Even if

breathe. I was lost in the softness o

from having to respond. Because honestl

o tiny dots of light. I wasn't sure what scared me more; the drama waiting

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n but the temptation was too much. Soon, I

umping lower into my seat.

ightly over the armrest and plu

I pro

fore locking the screen. "

just ch

tray table. "All they're doing is stre

d sigh. "I know, but it's like watching

e anything. Someone just captured a

n't look like fun to the pub

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t to laugh

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entire bloodstream had appar

repeated, li

umb brushed lightly over my chin-a soft to

if it were the simpl

weird-like a cartwheel

y very obvious blush,

creen of the seat in front of me reflected my face

G

se I heard the tiny amused huff

*

y announcing our arrival in New York. I startled awake,

e," Eric s

sat there, blinking b

main arrival hall, it fel

a flashes and so

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u taking your new brid

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re so bright I instinc

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rrier, guiding me behind him with steady pressure. His e

ose," he

going any

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d a dizzy wave of claustrophobia washed over me

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o look back at me. His

you," he s

an shoved an oversized camera lens so

he yelled. "Look

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a spectacle,"

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if it wasn't real-in front of a crowd di

people aside, but the crowd was too thic

around. "Don'

ged with authority that s

unching someone when suddenly, a sleek bla

en and a middle-aged

alled out. "

face

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ic grabbed my hand and p