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hup while attempting to explain the Noah issue to Lucy. "We can'

cked some pub food from the campus center. Her perf

ng angry. "It's this strange, tense...somet

rday's exciting library visit. Noah's eyes sparkled as I cha

gined that knowing smile. As if he ha

ntense recollection. She looked at me, wide-eyed, acro

lemonade. "What? No! "Did you miss

icure. "The woman protests too much.

nobody sat near enough to overhear us. "You sound just like

nitely feels the heat too. "I recogni

olish traitor pulse raced. "Ugh

another little piece of salad past her shiny lips.

tale romantic fantasies. But there was no way I was explaining m

ntly. Since practically colliding that first day, crossing paths has been elect

I found myself sometimes (well, often) admiring his ass in those wonderfully fitting jeans. Howe

ing smile and woodsy perfume made my

I looked up to see Noah breezing through the student center's glas

de shoulders testing the seams of his letterman jacket. As the group jo

? What's with that self-satisfied grin behind those mossy ey

him? Was I now simply another conquest to joke about with his friend

on. "What are you staring at?" As she saw the source across the

s wandering glance discovered me among the throng. His grin widened s

speared a tomato and refused to recogniz

table across from us. His group rushed around him,

treating and angling my body

ed brow. "You can't expect me not to wind

k in his seat, arm thrown over the back booth ledge, and smiled at something hi

acherously. Lucy

me under the table. "Maybe if you scratched that itch,

in from across the packed tables, almost on cue. Behind those mossy depths, an amusing

connection first, starin

eeping together would probably

her first, which seemed like the

ll conversation, but my mind kept drifting to the boisterous athletes one booth over. Laughi

ing robotically. But prickles skittered over my skin, instinct scre

restless energy from being so close to him. As we brought our t

owed until Lucy grabbed my e

Honestly, staring longingly in pu

r to lead us outdoors into the clear fall day. B

d. I replayed my unusual response to foolish Noah's pre

fy that awful itch. One round with His Royal Sm

on was, something told me it extended beyond the physica