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“Don’t make promises you’re not going to keep.”

“Oh, I’m going to keep them.”

She sighed. “You don’t have to pretend this is anything other than what it is.”

“Which is what?”

“Fun,” she said flippantly and gave me another forced smile.

“Actually,” I said quietly, “it’s a lot more than just ‘fun’ to me.”

She peered into my eyes as though searching for the truth.

“…really?”

“Really.”

I wanted to tell herI’m falling in love with you. Hell, I’m already IN love with you –

But I didn’t want to scare her off.

More than that, though, it sounded insane – even to me.

You’ve only known her, what – 72 hours?

And the first 24 of those hours, she hated your guts.

But I knew, deep down, that I didn’t give a damn about the insanity of it.

I only knew Iwantedher…

More than anything I’d ever wanted in my entire life.

But I was afraid of overwhelming her, so I kept those thoughts to myself.

She finally smiled. It was tinged with sadness, but it was genuine. “Good. Youbettercome back – otherwise, it’ll be completely unfair.”

“Why unfair?”

She leaned forward, looked at me with bedroom eyes, and murmured, “Because you’ve ruined me for all other men.”

Not only did my heart skip a beat again, but my cock started to stiffen.

“Considering that I only have a limited time… why don’t we go back to your place and let me ruin you a little more?”

She grinned. “That sounds like averygood idea.”

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We could barely keep our hands off each other on the tram ride back down.

Well… to be accurate…Icould barely keep my hands off ofher.

It’s not as though there were that many people on the tram with us. Most visitors stayed all day at the Peak, shopping and sightseeing.

So the tram had fewer than a dozen people, all adults.

We sat in the very back, five rows away from the nearest passengers.

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