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to my place and pick up my car."
    "On or off?"
    They both turned and looked at the impatient bus driver, then Dylan turned back to Julie.
    "Off," Julie heard herself say, before the bus driver closed the doors and drove away.
    Dylan hooked his thumb over his shoulder. "I'll run and grab my car and meet you at yours?"
    "Okay," she said, nodding. She watched as he turned and began to jog off. Julie stood there in the middle of the side walk that was becoming busy with people coming out for the evening in a trance as his muscles expanded and contracted. His shirt and shorts clung to his body and she found herself becoming envious of the fabric.
    When he was no longer in sight, she turned and made her way back to her car in front of the studio. She got in and popped the hood.
    Just as he promised, Dylan returned a few minutes later and they were lucky enough that a parking spot was open next to her own car. He pulled in, and popped both the hood and trunk of his car. He grabbed the jumper cables out of his trunk and then hooked everything up. After starting his car, he shouted for her to start hers. Julie turned her key and sighed with relief when it started.
    She got out of the car as Dylan was placing the jumper cables back in his trunk.
    "Thank you so much for helping me out," she said.
    "It was no trouble at all," he said, slamming the trunk.
    They stood there staring at each other, in the same heated silence that always seemed to surround them.
    "It seems like after the afternoon you've had, you could use a drink. I was going to find food at The Village after my run. Would you like to join me?"
    Julie took a step back.
    "I know you helped me with my car and everything, which I do appreciate. But I don't know if that's a good idea."
    "It's just a meal Jules, not a marriage proposal," Dylan said with a smile.
    There he went, calling her 'Jules', as if he'd known her forever.
    "Besides it would be my way of apologizing to you," he added.
    "Apologizing? For what?"
    "For intruding on you the other night while you were dancing. That was obviously a very personal time for you. I didn't mean to ruin it."
    She stood there contemplating his offer and his smile grew wider as he said, "I won't bite."
    Julie had a sneaking suspicion that this man did, in fact, bite. And she had a feeling that she would love each and every sensation that his teeth across her skin would garner.
    That thought alone should have had her running in the opposite direction of anywhere he was going. The last thing she wanted right now was any interaction with a man of any kind. She was still raw from the break up of her long term relationship. They'd been together for so long, that it only felt natural that marriage was going to be the next step for them; the natural progression. But when he'd ended things, she felt like her world had shattered. She didn't want to go through that again.
    However, she couldn't deny the attraction between them. It had been there since the moment they first locked eyes in that dance club, and it hadn't left. That should have been another warning for her to turn down his offer, yet she couldn't seem to form the words to decline.
    But Julie also thought that maybe she was putting too much thought into all of this. Even he'd said it was just a meal, an apology of sorts. She thought about the other night when she caught him watching her dance. She had been rude to him. And despite that fact, he'd still been kind enough to help her today when she'd ended up in a bind.
    The least she could do was accept the olive branch he was extending, as well as offer an apology of her own for her behavior.
    "Sure," she finally said, done warring with herself. "I could definitely eat something."
    "Will it be a problem if we run by my place first? I'd like to freshen up."
    "Why would that be a problem?"
    "I'm sure you've figured out by now that I was out for a jog, when I came across you and your dilemma. I would have gotten cleaned up when I went to get