“You don’t have to come down, but goddammit, you need to listen to me.” She looked taken aback for a moment, then shook her head. “No.” “Why not?” “Because we don’t want the same thing, Cole. I mean, yes, tonight we probably want the same thing,” she said, her eyes traveling over my shoulders and chest and down to my crotch before she quickly flicked them up again. “And there was a time in my life when I’d have done it in a heartbeat, just to be with you like that. But I’m—” “Stop talking,” I said, putting a finger over her perfect lips. The door slammed shut behind me. “Stop talking and
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