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“Of course,” he nods, again apologetic. “I’m sorry, Fay. I haven’t

been the most tactful tonight, have I? I’didn’t mean to pry…I’m

just,” he shrugs a little. “Genuinely curious about your life.”

I bite my lip, deciding to push this a little bit. “Are you, though?” I

ask, my voice barely above a whisper.

Ivan goes still, staring at me, waiting for me to continue.

“I mean,” I start awkwardly, looking down at my beer. “I know

that the dive bar that you took me to was filled with people from

all of the underworld families. That was embarrassing for me and

it caused a real rift between me and Daniel when he heard, from

whatever Daniel and I are to each other, I do care about him.”

Ivan’s face with real hurt in my eyes and see guilt

or…maybe he actually feels bad, actually cares, at least a little, about how I

feel.

like you…maybe a lot? But I don’t know if I can

if you’re just using me to get a leg up on Kent.”

breathing out of his nose and looking down at

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right, Fay,” he sighs. “I shouldn’t have done that. It was…a little bit of a coup for me, to be able to shove

bit too.”

blush, looking down at my beer as I remember what resulted from me shoving that day in Kent’s face like that. I remember Kent pushing me up against the door, his lips hot on mine – I remember moaning into his mouth and

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it means that I lost your trust, then I wish I hadn’t done it. Because, whatever’s here, Fay…” he shakes his head lightly, and I know that that little shake contains a wealth of emotion, “it’s real for me. And I hope

my lip, not wanting him to know that…well, that it’s real for

it, Fay,” he whispers, his eyes on my mouth again, where my teeth press into my lower lip. “You make it hard for a guy to be chivalrous when you do

lip drag out from beneath my teeth, my mouth open just a tiny bit. I swear a very

him.

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