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muttered as she rambled the numbers off when he had his phone out. He pushed a button, and then her phone started ringing.
    “ For when you want to call me,” he said with a grin as he did some more stuff with his phone.
    “ Oh, okay,” she said with a nervous giggle as she saved his number, when she looked up from her phone, he was closer to her, his blue eyes piercing into hers. His jaw ticked at the side, and, her eyes were drawn to his mouth.
    Good golly, it was a pretty mouth. Such strong jaw bones, a little scar at the end of his chin. His lips looked so soft, so inviting.
    “ I had a great afternoon with you, Elli,” he said. Was he whispering? Was his voice husky? Oh, God.
    “ Me, too, one of the best ever,” she cringed at her nervous babble. God, she was an idiot. Shea gave her a sexy grin that she was starting to think he was born doing, and leaned closer to her. Her breath caught, and he smiled again.
    “ Can I kiss you?” he whispered in a husky manly, yummy voice. Elli could do nothing but nod and his lips were over hers within seconds. His lips were so warm, so strong, as his hand came up to her cheek, caressing her softly. She had never been kissed like this. When Justin would kiss her, it was quick and rushed, but Shea took his time, tasting her mouth as she did the same to him. When he pulled back, he smiled down at her. “I’ll call you later?”
    Elli’s head bounced up and down like a freaking bobble head.
    “ Bye, Elli.”
    “ Bye,” she said after he was already to his car.
    Okay, what the hell just happened?

“ He kissed you!” Harper bellowed through the house when Elli had relayed the afternoon to her. “Oh, my God! Was it good?” Harper had come over for dinner and a movie. Something they did a lot. Sometimes their other friends came, too, and they made a night of it, but tonight it was just her and Harper. Sometimes she liked it better that way.
    “ It was amazing,” Elli gushed out. “I don’t know why he did it though.”
    “ Because he likes you!”
    “ Oh, come on, Shea Adler? Like me, Elli Fisher, please. I am nowhere near his type; he likes the leggy blondes with big boobs, small waist, and fake faces. I am not that.”
    “ You don’t know his type, Elli, plus you can give them blondes a run for their money! You’re beautiful.”
    “ I’m fat, and I guess okay looking.”
    “ Oh, shut up!” Harper said throwing a piece of popcorn at her, Elli giggled as she picked it up, throwing it in her mouth. “I slept with Jakob again.”
    “ Well, that came out of nowhere,” Elli giggled as Harper just grinned widely at her, “Again? I thought that was a one time deal.”
    “ Me, too, but he kept like calling me and then he showed up at my condo last night and I’m, like, well, since you’re here come on in and fuck my brains out. You know?”
    “ No, actually, I don’t.”
    Harper giggled. “That’s what you should do with Shea, just have him knock your boots off, then be done. How long has it been since you’ve gotten any?”
    “ Wow, Harper. Um, no, I will not be knocking my boots off with Shea Adler. That would be a horror. A big sexy man like him with my dumpy body? Please!” Elli purposely didn’t answer the other question. That was an embarrassment in itself. Something Elli didn’t even want to venture too.
    “ Your body is beautiful, Elli; you’ve got sexy curves, something I wish I had. I’m just bones and skin.”
    Elli gave her a pointed look. “Please, don’t give me that I wish I was curvy speech, no skinny girl wants to be fat.”
    “ You’re not fat!”
    “ I’m not skinny.”
    “ Whatever, Elli, and don’t think I forgot about my question. How long has it been?”
    “ Why does it matter?” Elli asked, picking a piece of popcorn apart. When she was nervous she always had to keep her fingers moving.
    “ I want to know.”
    Nothing was said for a moment and when Elli realized Harper wasn’t going to let it go, she let out a