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I get back to the table and sit down beside Ashley after the new bar limit has been confirmed. She looks at me and smiles.
“You were gone a while,” she smiles knowingly waiting for me to spill the beans.
“I had to sort out the bar limit,” I reply blushing. “I wasn’t with him all the time.”
“Could have fooled me,” Ashley says. Bursting with curiosity, she asks, “What did he want?”
“To get together after the wedding,” I smile.
“Really?” Ashley asks surprised. “He doesn’t take it slow does he?”
I blush again as I think of just how slow we didn’t take it. I shake my head not trusting my voice to answer as I avoid Ashley’s gaze.
“You tart!” she whispers. “You didn’t!”
“Didn’t what?” I ask feigning ignorance but still not looking at her.
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