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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…”

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

back and forth. His fingers

shift away from him, but he simply moved his hand right along with

my thighs, undoubtedly wrinkling my dress. Though my dress was the very last of my worries at the moment, because ever so

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for.” He speared a piece of the meat and

taste.

of several nearby candidates and the

it would be like a slap in the face. I might as well show myself out now for how much

the host.

ignoring the way disgust swirled

leaned forward, closed my eyes, and accepted the bite of meat

wanted to

glass shattered.

eyes shot

glass so tightly it shattered. Blood dripped down from

by the display and made no attempts to hide

after casting a glance at Julian, who nodded in return, Nicholas excused himself from

away the glass shards and replaced the broken cup with

one.

looked at me. He leaned in and whispered, “Now that we’re

on my upper knee.

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only made him grab me tighter.

with nowhere to go. No one was

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