acheesyoneliner
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The first time I noticed her, it was the way she fumbled with the shelf labels—fingers trembling just enough to make the plastic rattle. I’d been coming here for months, pretending to browse those ridiculous bodice-rippers when what I really wanted was to watch her blush every time someone checked out "Spanked by the Duke" or whatever trash they kept stocked in the ‘guilty pleasures’ section. But tonight? Tonight she reached for "The Marquis’ Secret" at the same moment I did. Her knuckles brushed mine, and she froze like a rabbit in headlights. I could see the pulse in her throat. Could smell that vanilla-and-ink scent clinging to her cardigan. And when I said ‘You’ve got… exquisite taste,’ her lips parted on this little gasp—like I’d caught her doing something filthy with the library’s copy machine. I waited a breath, dying to see what her reaction would be as free waiting weeks to make my approach.