A deep flush crept up her neck and stained her cheeks. Humiliation. But underneath it, in the way her eyes dropped for a second, there was something else. Shame, yes. But also a flicker of that same heat I’d just watched consume her."I thought you weren’t coming," she whispered, barely looking at me."Yeah," I said quietly. "I thought so too. But here I am.""I’m sorry," she breathed out. "I didn’t know you were herem. I would never have done that if I knew you were...""Don’t." I cut her off. "Don’t apologize for that. It's totally normal to do that once in a while."I let my gaze travel over her, taking in the disheveled hair, the swollen lips, the hand still clenched in the fabric of her dress. "Don’t say it like that." She finally tugged the hem of her dress down, covering herself, though it didn’t hide much. Her hands shook a little. "It’s embarrassing enough without you spelling it out."I reached over slowly and covered one of her hands with mine. She didn’t pull away. "It’s
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