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“This is about you and me, Rosebud.

This is about me liking you and you liking me, slow dances to fast songs and not going down without a fight. You promised me you wouldn’t go down without a fight, and I’m going to hold you to that. Have dinner with me tonight.”

“I can’t.”

Which was a hell of a lot different from “I won’t.”

“Someplace quiet,” Dan continued. “That’s all I want. Just you and me.”

“What makes you think it would be any different the next time?” Her voice shook as she blinked rapidly and pulled away from him. “Or the time after that? Or any time? We can’t hide forever. I can’t, anyway.”

Anger flashed through him. “I do not hide, Rosebud—and you don’t, either.”