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Mason:

Damn.

Not even gonna deny it?

Despite myself, I smiled.

Again.

This was becoming a real issue.

Forty Six

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX

ROWAN

I shouldn’t have been smiling at my phone in the middle of a library.

But Mason had that effect lately.

Annoying.

Very annoying.

Mason:

So your professor basically called you emotionally repressed?

Rowan:

She said “too safe,” which is academic for “emotionally repressed,” yes.

Mason:

Sounds like she has a point.

I stared at that.

Thenimmediately typed:

Rowan:

I hope you miss your next shot.

Three dots.

Stopped.

Started again.

Mason:

That’s harsh for someone who fixed my collar like we’re married.

My stomach did a stupid little flip.

I hated that sentence.

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