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all the trouble of making me this meal the only thing I could do was refuse to reciprocate his efforts, the

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with me, but at least

a second and started

p nor did my chopsticks which he had laid beside the plate of food. All the flavors exploded in

und while taking deep breaths. I flushed,

taken it upon herself to harshly police every single thi

y anymore," she had always complained that I ate too much and I could be more slim, more slender. I always knew I was on the chubbier side, it was an inse

ch words to me, at least not wi

ately shut his mother down no matter how sugar-coated her

o

d quenching my hunger for the first time in weeks I was able to distract

I apologize

aking the plates away and ta

n hospitality. From what I knew, he didn't like me one bit. In fact, the first night we met he was just stari

y guess what h

d digger, clinging to his father's wealth and status, and that my presence

ck then was that

ly why his betra

working multiple jobs, there was something t

of go to

uld be in E

ent, already scouting a

and that dream wen

gret it

ssed something so humiliating to him maybe because it was burning me from i

ishes without pause and r

ging. Heart pounding, I pushed myself off the barstool and d

g?" The question shot out like

u have done?" He faced me aft

Elliot I assumed that this was just another t

n came this undescribabl

before he could say anything... Maybe

exactly what

back was pressed against the counter and h

a case in your mind to defend him. Gosh, I'm really trying t

s rippling muscles as he leaned closer enough that his musk swam un

my whole body as I rub

d to yell but instead it came out as

t and Natasha laughing and giggling together, disrega

get bac

I felt, I'd show him th

re apart, heated breaths intermingling. His eyes flashed with a look I didn't recognize, I got cold fe