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There were tons of things a person could do in a bathroo one could do with a near stranger A frown tugged at my brow Well, crap I kind of sucked as a hostess

Knox laughed softly, and I jerked my attention to him

His brown eyes twinkled with a war my breath in awe

He shifted closer "When I said you weren’t like them, I meant nice" He waved a hand in my direction "I meant you were nice, not some kind of weird misfit"

My mouth fell open The expression on ly his words affected me

Color lit his cheeks He cleared his throat and glanced away "I mean, you’re notyou know" When he flailed out his hand, I frowned, totally confused

He cleared his throat again "You know that dayhim know I remembered it well

He nodded too "Yeah, well Everyone in your family looked at us as if ere trash Your mom, your dad, both your brothers But youyou’ve never looked down on me like that Not then, and not now"

My lips parted It was such a profound compliment; I didn’t kno to respond with as much flattery as he had delivered So I mumbled, "Well, I really can’tyou know, look down on you You’re way too tall for that"

When he chuckled,

"You’re funny" Reaching out, he caught a piece of ers

I think he liked my hair That made me feelwarmall over

"Funny, pretty, and nice," hethat"

My mouth fell open My head was so ju, I had no idea how to reply

"So, really," he said, continuing on as if he hadn’t just flippedto do to pass the tiertips before he gathered another lock and repeated the action