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EVA.
"Are you okay?" Dan asks as I take my seat and I nod with an assuring smile. "I am. "
Dan responds with one of his before turning to Noel to continue their conversation, and my eyes move behind him to see the booth empty.
He left. And my lips still tingle from his earlier sudden kiss.
"What's on your mind?" Dan's voice pulls me out of my thoughts and I drop my gaze to see him leaning forward.
"Stuff. " I shrug and he hums. "Does that stuff includes how hot Dan is and how you can't wait to get your hands on him?" He lifts his brows with a mischievous smile on his face.
"So fucking far from it. " I emphasize the words and Dan wears a hurtful expression. "So you mean you don't want to follow me to my place after this?"
I lean towards him. "I don't want to come with you to your place after this. "
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