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supposed　to　stop　by。？

Serena　stayed　where　she　was。　Why　was　it　so　hard　to　get　a　minute　alone　with　him？

？Well；　your　text　message　didn？t　sound　like　you　were　that　busy。？　She　smiled　nervously。　His　coy

actwas　a　little　confusing。

Only　a　little？

？Shit；？Thaddeus　exclaimed。？Yougot　my　text　message？？

？Uh…huh；？　she　murmured　breathily。

？Well；　I？m　glad　you　did；？　he　stammered。　？I　thought　that　we　could；　um；　well；　I　thought　that

maybe　we　should　get　some　work　done。？

Why　was　he　so　nervous？　It　was　hard　to　believe　that　someone　as　gorgeous　and　successful　as

Thaddeus　Smith　could　be　so　shy　around　girls！　？Work。？　She　pouted。　？I　thought　you　might　want　to；

you　know；　have　a　little　fun？？

？Fun；？　repeated　Thaddeus。　？Work　can　be？？　His　chirping　cell　phone　interrupted　him。　He　glanced

at　the　display。　？Serena；　I？ve　got　to　grab　this。　I？m　sorry。　I？ll　be　just　be　a　second。？　He　scurried　into

the　bedroom；　so　all　Serena　could　hear　was　？Hello。？

She　stubbed　out　her　half…smoked　cigarette。　Thaddeus？s　freaky　behavior　was　starting　to　make　her

nervous。　Was　she　ing　on　too　strong？　Not　strong　enough？　He　was　the　one　who？d　sent　her　a

sexy　text　message。　Why　would　he　invite　a　friend　over？　Maybe　Thaddeus　was　kinky？　That　wasn？t

really　her　thing。

Oh；　really？

？Sorry　about　that；？　Thaddeus　apologized；　shuffling　back　into　the　room。　He　tossed　his　phone　onto

the　coffee　table；　where　it　landed　with　a　bang。　？Anyway；　as　long　as　you？re　here；　let？s　run　some

lines。？

？Lines？？　asked　Serena。

？You　can　use　my　script；？　Thaddeus　said；　sinking　into　the　armchair　with　a　sigh。　？I？ve　got　my　lines

down。？　？Let？s　start　with　scene　seventeen；？　she　offered　hopefully。　？You　know；　the　love　s