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    “You enjoy seeing me this way, don’t you?” I groaned, tapping at my watch impatiently when she finally emerged.
    “Are you kidding? You’re always like this,” she teased, poking her tongue out at me.
    I didn’t bother responding. I just rolled my eyes and adjusted the sleeve on my black suit to hide my watch before holding the apartment door open.
    “Oh, I’m not sure about these earrings anymore,” she started, walking past me and through the open door.
    “Too late,” I replied, slipping through the door after her and quickly shutting it. I could feel her narrowed gaze burning a hole through the back of my jacket. As siblings often do, Annie and I enjoyed tormenting one another. “No one is even going to notice your stupid earrings.”
    “Clearly not you, anyway,” she muttered, stepping up beside me as we entered the elevator. “You got me these for my birthday.”
    I tilted my head and eyed the oversized, emerald-cut diamond studs in her ears. Huh . So I did. They were my gift to her for her eighteenth birthday along with a matching white-gold dress ring, which I noticed she was also wearing on her finger.
    “And you were about to go and change? I spent a lot of money on those bad boys; the least you can do is wear them.”
    Now, it was her turn to roll her eyes.
    When the elevator came to the final stop, we exited and made our way across the lobby. However, I came to a halt when I noticed a familiar figure dressed in a black dress by the fountains.
    Of all the hotel lobbies in New York, this is the one Evangeline had to be standing in? What luck. I was so surprised I accidentally called out her name before I could stop myself. She spun around immediately and I swear my heart jumped a few times as I caught sight of her beauty. She really was a beautiful thing, angelic…almost perfect. I say ‘almost’ because there was sadness about her which I noticed on the very first night I laid eyes on her. And looking at her now, dressed in an elegant, slim-fit, black dress, with a thin, short, black veil lightly covering her eyes, I could see the sadness still there.
    I cleared my throat and adjusted my suit before making my way over. “What on Earth are you doing here?” I asked, stopping barely in front of her.
    She didn’t answer; she was too busy staring at me, clearly with something on her mind. Picturing her undressing me with her mind sent a small thrill through my body, especially down there . I leaned in closer until I almost touched her ear and whispered, “Are you just going to stand there and act like you don’t know me? I’m finding it a little embarrassing.”
    When I pulled back, I caught her eyes flutter closed and she swallowed. Knowing I caused that reaction brought a huge smile to my face.
    When she opened her eyes a few moments later, they widened, surely due to the way I was staring at her with a wicked grin.
    “Hello, Ryan. Sorry…I’ve just got a lot on my mind right now,” she finally replied, blinking repeatedly.
    “I can definitely see that. I hope I appear in there somewhere,” I teased. Just as expected, my words caused her cheeks to flush.
    I took a step back to allow the poor girl to breathe. I really enjoyed being so close to her, but I knew it left her feeling flustered. I wasn’t sure where she was going, but dressed the way she was it was probably somewhere where looking hot and horny was an inappropriate way to arrive.
    “Are you going to keep me waiting while you flirt?” I inwardly cringed as Annabelle’s high-pitched voice filled my mind. “You are such an ass sometimes, Ryan.” I’m going to mess up that pretty, half-hour hairstyle of hers once we leave the building. I refused to turn away from Evangeline, ignoring my nuisance of a baby sister, even when Evangeline temporarily looked away. I let out an exasperated sigh. “Annabelle, will you just shut it for one minute?” I knew what the little brat was doing, and I wasn’t going to fall for