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Holly's forgiven you?" "Almost mostly. But she still gives me slack about it when she's sick. I take it as a husbandly badge," he said, puffing out his chest. "Sick? You told me she was fully immortal." "Yeah, but she still throws up some, because, well, the thing of it is... Ah, fuck, Rydstrom, I knocked her up." "You're going to be a father?" Gods help the world. I'm going to be an uncle? "I got Holly, like, on the first shot. Nix is calling me Bull's-eye and the Womb Raider.

You were meant for me, Poppy. I can feel it in my fingertips when I touch you.

Brooke stared in surprise. __ou brought me lunch?___ was in the neighborhood.__he checked out the label on the bag. __MK is twenty minutes from here.___ was in that neighborhood, and now I__ here,_ he said in exasperation. __eriously, woman, you are impossible to feed._ He strode over and set the bag on her desk. __ne cheeseburger with spicy chipotle ketchup and a side of sweet potato fries__hosen specifically for a certain spicy and sweet girl I know__nd a green dill pickle for your eyes. So there._ He crossed his arms over his chest.Brooke studied him. __ou seem very ornery right now.___s a matter of fact, I am.___hy?___ don__ know,_ he huffed. __ust . . . eat your Brooke Burger. Stop asking so many questions. Sometimes a guy just wants to buy a girl lunch. Any objections to that? Good. Enjoy your Sunday, Ms. Parker.__e strode out of her office, gone as quickly as he__ appeared.Brooke stared at the doorway and blinked.

Cade thought about this. __et me get this straight__ou secretly pretend to like poetry to impress the smart girl in your English class, while she__ secretly pretending to like football to impress you._ He paused. __hat__ gotta be the cutest fucking thing I__e ever heard.___ guess her subconscious finds my subconscious pretty irresistible,_ Zach said, all teenage confidence right then.__ou were lucky to pull that line off once, Garrity. I wouldn__ push it.