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Just like she didn’t need someone bringing something out of her she didn’t even know existed in her life.

Did she want to be this way toward her mother and maybe others in her life?

Sure.

Who didn’t want to tell someone off or get something off their chest?

But she never wanted to be that person to make someone feel worse either.

Even if it meant she was the one absorbing all the negative energy in the room.

“That could mean a lot of things though,” Raina said.

“Yeah, it can mean we aren’t compatible and we are mature enough to acknowledge it and move on. I don’t want things to be awkward and they aren’t. I’m not giving up my time with my bestie because of it either.”

Raina lifted her eyebrow. “Mature, huh?”

She almost choked on her chip. “What does that mean?” she asked.

“Nothing,” Raina said.

She didn’t like the smirk on her friend’s face. “I get it. Maybe I haven’t been that mature when it came to him. Which is why it’s best we just remain as friends. Loose ones at that. I mean, not even friends. Just friends in common, how is that?”

“That have kissed,” Raina said, laughing softly.

She turned her head to make sure the door was closed. “It was a quick kiss.”

But it was nice.

Perfect.

As if Hyde knew exactly what he was doing.

His soft lips applied the right amount of pressure to hers that made her lean in for more letting him know what she wanted.

There was nothing more than a touch of their lips and she went home fantasizing about what more was to come.

Nothing.

That was what was going to come! Sure the hell not her coming.

Holy cow. She’d never thought things like that either.

Yep, bringing the worst out of her.

Behaviors that weren’t like her.

“Why are you blushing?” Raina asked.

“I’m not,” she said.

“Since I’m looking at you, I’d say you are.”

Not much she could argue about. “Maybe I was thinking of that kiss.”

“You want another, don’t you?”

She sighed. “Am I a horrible person to think that? I mean, we know it’d never work, but sometimes the physical is still there. Doesn’t mean you act on it.”

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