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Terry slowly trailed his hand up the length of my thigh. He stopped at the meatiest point, just beneath my hip and squeezed.

I wanted to bolt from the table. I wanted to elbow him in the ribs or kick at his shins.

All I could actually do was sit very still and try not to draw attention from the cameras or the guests, while simultaneously trying to only get Julian to notice.

However, every time Julian glanced at me, his attention was immediately claimed again by Joyce sitting beside me. It was strange to hear him talk so much, especially when the topics. seemed to be entirely superfluous.

“Did you watch that television show the other night?” Joyce asked.

“I don’t watch a lot of TV,” Julian replied.

“It was such a good episode.”

Julian nodded, and glanced back at me.

I widened my eyes.

“Did you hear what happened to Aunt Ruby?” Joyce said.

Julian’s eyes went to Joyce again. “No, what?”

“She bought another dog.”

Julian huffed a laugh. “Don’t word it like that, then, Joyce. You made it sound like it was something serious.”

“A new dog is a serious commitment,” Joyce said.

“Yeah, but…”

totally focused on proving Joyce wrong, that he did not look at me again for a long moment. When he did, it was only for

back and forth. His fingers were

from him, but he simply moved his hand right along with me, keeping it affixed to my leg like he had glued it there.

my thighs, undoubtedly wrinkling my dress. Though my dress was the very

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die for.” He speared a piece of the meat and held

taste.

fork felt overly intimate. It had even garnered the attention of several nearby candidates and the cameras. The candidates gave me pitying looks. The cameramen moved in closer.

akin to accepting his advances. If I rejected, it would be like a slap in the face. I might as

the host.

my stomach, ignoring the way disgust swirled within

accepted the bite of

wanted to

a glass shattered.

shot opened.

clutched his water glass so tightly it shattered.

by the display and made

frowned harder, but, after casting a glance at Julian, who nodded in return, Nicholas excused himself from the table.

away the glass shards and

one.

me. He leaned in and whispered, “Now

on

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that only made him grab me

trapped, a cornered animal with nowhere to go.

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