Chapter Fifty

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JPOV

I couldn't do it.

I was a lot of things, but a masochist wasn't one of them.

If we were going to dinner, then it needed to be on a level playing field.

No matter how much I played nice, I couldn't deny wanting him.

He'd gotten the wrong impression about my researching him – not that my real motives were any better – but Peter deserved the truth.

"I killed the lights and turned the lock on the door. You ready to go, Jas?"

When had he started calling me Jas?

Bracing my hands on the counter, I straightened.

"Not yet."


*ducks flying bricks* I know only two updates -I was offgrid for several hours. I swear it will be up soon; I just need to clean it up.