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d flickering neon lights-

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d, swaying slightl

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take

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nodded...

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vision dancing. I stopped at a door that lo

key

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scent of cedar an

purse, letting my dres

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heart l

ips, hair wet, water dripping down his abs

me, stunned.

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said quickly, tr

the hem of my d

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hit the floor, one str

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eaned in and

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t and kissed me back-deeper, rougher, like he'd

ropped to

l hit th

se, no future. Just breath

all, lips grazing my j

eyes. "Doe

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soft. It w

was

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str

idn't r

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hrough the window and the weight

t, I forgot

urned an

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bing my dress from the floor and win

in, his voice whispering something I didn't und

even ask

ll didn't

t

'd done something reckless for myself.

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he rescue. No

bedside table and s

even lo

e corner of the street, unsure where to go.

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till pissed.

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. I'd forgotten

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