SIENNAI didn’t even pretend this time.The next evening I left work early, went home, showered, and pulled on the shortest dress I owned. No underwear. No second-guessing. I walked into the bar like I already knew he’d be there.He was.Same stool as always, beer in front of him, eyes already on the door when I stepped inside. He didn’t look surprised. Just watched me walk over and stop between his knees. Close. Close enough that my bare thighs brushed the denim of his jeans.“Fifth time,” he said, voice low.I didn’t answer. Just tilted my head toward the door.We walked the two blocks in silence again. His hand settled on the small of my back the second we hit the sidewalk, but this time his fingers curled into the fabric of my dress and stayed there, holding on like he was afraid I might change my mind. In the elevator he kissed me before the doors even closed—slow, deep, one hand cupping the side of my neck the way he had the night before. I opened for him without hesitation. My
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