“Briar,” I carefully whisper. “He’s talking about me, right? He thinks you and I…” Slowly, she nods. My heart hammers in my chest, and the air in the room grows thick. I want to kiss her so bad it hurts. And I have no clue if she loves Sean or if she would see me as a fling, but all of the things I feel like I should care about at this moment, I don’t. But I can’t bring myself to close the distance. “Will you come sit next to me?” she asks with a softness in her tone. My breath feels heavy and slow, and I can’t ignore the way my cock twitches when she says that. “I don’t think that’s a good
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