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He finally shook himself out of it and returned to the game room. They’d already set her up in the seat to his right.

He just hadn’t known it was to beherseat.

“You guys are dicks,” Axel hissed at Rusty.

His face fell. “What? We all thought you’d be happy to see her.”

“I am! I mean…” He took a deep breath. “A littlewarningso I wasn’t standing there babbling like a fricking idiot would have been nice.”

“You’re single,” Eliza said. “She’s single. Maybe you two should go see a movie or something this weekend.”

Now his face felt inflamed, scorching hot, too close to his own thoughts only seconds earlier. “Why would she want to go out withme?”

Darryl poked his left shoulder. “Maybe becauseweare living proof there are second chances in life, dude.”

Chapter Six

Skye thought she might be close to hyperventilating. She splashed some water on her face before she even made it over to the toilet.

She’d made a total ass out of herself right there, staring up at Axel and spitting out the conversational equivalent of baby-talk noises at him. Looked like he’d gained a couple of inches from when he was in high school, when he’d towered over her already.

Holy crap, it was as though she thought about him, and suddenly he was back in her life.

He’s probably married, dumbass.

Which would be just her luck, since he looked even more handsome now than he had when they were kids.

Not that she was complaining, but she was going to kill Rusty and them for not warning her that Axel was not only part of their group, but the DM.

And even worse, now she was going to have to—

Oh, crap!

She knew a set-up when she saw one. Eliza had deliberately seated her next to Axel. Well, to the DM.

Who she now knew was Axel.

Maybe that means he’s single?

Great, after three hours of her babbling like an idiot, he was going to hate her guts.

Wonderful.

She pulled herself together, washed her hands, and took a deep breath before opening the door and heading back to the game room.

Not the kind of dungeoneering I’ve been doing lately.

But that was something she couldn’t talk about. Not with Axel. Not without outing a majority of the group to Axel. Based on what Rusty said, Axel was a ’nilla.

Which…really was a shame.

Because she knew she couldn’t be happy in that kind of relationship. She needed more.

Wait, what? I don’t even know if he’s single or would be freaking interested in me!

Aaaannnd there was that.

She had to walk around Axel to get to her seat next to him. When she looked at him, his sweet blue eyes, it was like a psychic punch in the feels.