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Her face turned into one of confusion. “So, that’s what you want. You want me to want you?

I made my way for the door. “Spend less time trying to figure out what I want and use that time to figure out—”

“How to get out of here?”

I paused in the doorway. “I’ll see you this evening. Enjoy your food. And if you so much as attempt to run, I’ll just have to let my theory play out.”

“Theory? What theory?”

I peered over my shoulder. “I’ll throw you out onto the street and see if it takes one hour or two for someone worse to come along and snatch you up.”

Then, I disappeared into the house, making a beeline for the stairs and straight down to my room.

I had some thinking to do and way too much work to accomplish before the sun went down on today.

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