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"You got hurt because of me," he said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Bringing you to a doctor
seemed... fair."
"Fine, great. My hand's fixed, 's over. We're square," | said, swiping at him like a cat batting at string. Out
of nowhere, he hitwith, "Do | really look that much like the person you're in love with?"
| froze, my eyes flicking to his face. "At first? Yeah. But now?" | shrugged. "Not so much."
"You helpedearlier because of this face, didn't you?" He wasn't wrong.
1 nodded. "Yup. This face means a lot to me. If something happened to it, I'd lose... a piece of him."
He didn't say anything, so | smiled faintly. "But | know you're not him."
| turned to leave, but as we brushed past each other, he threwoff again. "Does your offer to 'keep me" still
stand?"
| stopped dead in my tracks and spun around. "Wait-now you're saying yes?"
He flushed slightly. "Between managing a bunch of clients or just... entertaining you, I'd rather stick with one
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I let out a soft laugh. "So now you want to be my kept man?
His face was all business. "Do you still feel the sway as before?"
The nerve of him. When | was dead serious about it, he shotdown without a second thought. Now that I've
moved on? Suddenly, he's interested. Typical.
I smirked. "And if | said no? Would you be disappointed?"
"I would." His gaze locked onto mine. "I hope you'll reconsider."
Reconsider? Yeah, no. Nobody tellshow to feel.
| raised an eyebrow. "Look, what |
said back then was just impulsive. |
was grieving, oka yl pst about
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'keeping' you? To stare at you all
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That hit harder than it should've. For
a second, | thought about Hayden
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Xander had no idea the nerve he just struck.
"Really?" | said. "Showyour hands."
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He stretched out his hands. His
fingers were clean, SMOOth-zerq.y
calluses. | couldn't holbabk 3 laugh
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"Why don't you givea shot and find out?" Xander said, his tone light but with just enough persuasion to
makeraise an eyebrow.
| decided to play along. "Fine. If you can cook something I actually like, I'll 'keep' you-for the food, of course."
"Can we start now?" He sounded way too eager.
| nodded, stepping closer to him. "Your place or mine?"
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