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Julian watched me over the rim of his glass with the clinical detachment of a surgeon deciding where to make the first incision.
The legal implications were clear, but the way his thumb traced the line of my jaw was an unarguable counter-brief.
The linen of my sundress was scratchy against my sunburn, but his hand was rougher, catching on the fabric like a burr.
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The condensation on my phone screen blurred his name, but I didn't need to see it to know the weight of his words.
Her skin was the color of a perfect pour of bourbon, and the rope against it looked like a structural error in a masterpiece.
The rain is a rhythmic pounding against the glass but inside the only sound is the wet, heavy sliding of skin on skin.
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The bass from the main stage was vibrating the walls of the trailer, a rhythmic thud that matched the way my thumb was hovering over the send button.
The cooling wards in this place are a joke when you’re looking at me like I’m a cold beer after a July ruck.