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incoherently.
    â€œYou do not love me,” he answered coldly.
    She was confused.
    â€œI’m not your doctor fiancé,” he explained. “You have the wrong guy.”
    â€œCarl doesn’t kiss me like you do.”
    He grinned. “And no one ever will.”
    Heat bolted through her stomach. She didn’t like the way her body responded to his. She looked up with all the neutrality she could muster. “Just so you know, I hate diamonds because of you. I hate your family too.”
    Brent looked at Daniel. “I changed my mind. I’ll take the front seat.”
    Whatever.
    The car moved and the motion unsettled her stomach. The heaviness of her eyes and the need to just pass out overcame her. All went black.
    Someone pushed on her shoulder.
    â€œGo away,” she mumbled.
    â€œJessica, wake up,” someone said with a voice warm as a dream.
    She swatted a hand away.
    â€œLet me try,” came another voice.
    â€œDon’t touch her.”
    Jessie’s eyes fluttered open. That guy—Brent and his sidekick whose name she forgot peered over her. “You’re still here,” she said.
    â€œYou’re at my house,” Brent said, “and it’s time to get you to bed.”
    She didn’t protest. He unbuckled her and his arm slipped around her waist. One look at the set of steps to his house and she rolled her eyes. “You have a lot of stairs.”
    â€œI’m sure you can manage.”
    The yard spun out of control. She stumbled up the stairs with him. He grasped her waist and helped her.
    They reached the front door and he let them inside. She sighed loudly.
    â€œWhat?” he said.
    â€œThere’s so many stairs.” She might crash on this bottom step if he presented a pillow.
    He helped her up the steps, and around the corner to yet another set. The evening felt long and unending; the good buzz of the alcohol faded. She yawned as she followed him into a bedroom where she saw the big bed. “I hope you’re not planning on sleeping with me.”
    He laughed. “No.”
    â€œWhy are you laughing?”
    â€œI’ll be sleeping in my own room. Call me crazy, but back in the car you confessed that you love me. That kind of emotion so soon tends to scare a guy away.”
    She folded her hands over her chest. “I did not say that.”
    â€œNever mind then, let’s get this over with. This is my guest bedroom.” Brent slung the suitcase on the bed. “There’s your stuff.”
    â€œMy stuff.”
    â€œYour friend Clara packed a bag for you.”
    â€œI forgot to call her. I should call her. Where’s my phone?” Jessie started for the suitcase and lost footing. She flung her hand at the zipper and tugged with clumsy fingers, but it wouldn’t budge.
    Brent’s hand closed around hers. “You can call her in the morning.”
    Jessie yanked her hand free and stepped on her own foot. She tripped and fell onto the bed. Her face planted into the pillow. She wanted the spinning to stop. She wanted this night to end. Brent pushed her legs completely onto the bed. A cover folded over her back and locked in some much needed heat.
    â€œJessica, do you need anything else?” he said, turning off the lights.
    â€œNo one calls me Jessica,” she mumbled into the pillow.
    â€œThen I’ll be the only one.”
    Invisible weight bore down on her eyelids. She couldn’t keep them open and she entered that sweet spot where dreams were found.
    * * * *
    Sunlight woke her. Early morning sunshine to be exact. Bright, yellow, cheery, and the polar opposite of Jessie’s mood. Piece-by-piece, the room came into focus. The enormous bed she lay in took up most of the space with two dressers squeezed on either side. The pale gray comforter matched the color on the walls. She noticed the room didn’t give her any clues as to the owner.
    Where am I?
    No ideas came to her mind.
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