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CHAPTER 46 LAUREN MOSS Just looking at him already makes my heart beat faster than it should, but I’m fine… I can behave like a normal human being for a little longer, I think. I sit beside him and immediately cross my legs, opening my purse to take out my lipstick, just to touch it up. “I asked if you needed water, Moss,” his voice sounds close to my ear, because—unlike me— he doesn’t like this kind of thing, but he’s polite and doesn’t just walk around like I did. But it doesn’t help. It only makes things worse. And the fact that he lets me know exactly what’s happening makes it even worse. But even knowing he’s aware of the destructive effect he has on people, I’m not giving in. I refuse to be the one who makes this man even more full of himself than he already is. I lift my eyes
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