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her. All of them, spinning around in my

ess had turned stale. And all that wa

exactly wh

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said. I was

I think. My limbs were no longer mine. But it was

about whatever might b

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nate' person. I blinked hard, trying

him. I thought Derek had come to dra

pered, confused, a

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ce wasn't

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brow. His lips were curved into something between a smirk and a sneer. He was wearing a jacket with black leather,

ed like

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snapped, yanking my hand aw

w at me. "Good. I'm not

ive me m

who look like they've just had t

ou think I car

ightly. "I think you care about

you. Why are yo

ped the rim of my empty glass. "You'r

olled my eyes. But something about him made me stay. Or maybe it

the words tumbling out, unexpected

begin with," He replied easily as if we w

. "You know what

was deep and unexpect

are scum because you love them. Don't love them-use them. Th

me like a slap dr

tunned. "What

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posed to i

oking lazy and

that it k

ed wrist, then back at my fa

the power of jealous

nked.

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my heart thuddin

do yo

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. It sounded ridiculous. It was ridiculou

y.' A voice whispered in

n so

ied woman,"

don't think so. You're shackl

thing about m

uldn't crawl an inch for you," He said. "You have

words weren't just

were

ose to nose. Our breathing mixe

told me. "Stick with me. Let him see you in someone else's arms and

ght. Was that hop

s piqued. "What

s never worth

oat tig

hoosing you and that's your mistak

know if I wanted to scream

ding off the stool. "Don't talk to

me like I was some sort of puzzle pi

weetheart," he drawled.

. "By calling me pathetic? Telling

g you who the

ve but his hand

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ped, yanking my hand away. "

," he sai

e stepped in front of me, stopping me in my tracks. He

d've sho

it. My hands curled at my si

move. I couldn

Derek," he

nched

re I could react, he slipped

my cont

my breat

," he said. "I'm always availabl

bli

ike he was savoring the last

sed his face. "You're not the first ma

y to slap the stupid gri

was right. Maybe not abou

d I hated it.

lder bumping his. But the card was in my

be, just

what kind of