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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

out flirting with you. And whatever Daniel and I are to each other, I do care about

into Ivan’s face with real hurt in

He’s either a crazy good actor or…maybe he actually feels bad, actually cares, at least a little, about how

feel.

“I like you…maybe a lot? But

is real, or if you’re just using me to

nods, breathing out of his nose and looking down at his

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for me, to be able to shove it in Kent’s face like that.”

bit too.”

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

  1. it.

it. Because,

to know that…well, that it’s real for me too,

he whispers, his eyes on my mouth again, where my teeth press into my lower lip. “You make it hard for

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

him.

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