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Briony sat at the vanity, smoothing moisturizer into her skin.
A knock sounded at the door.
She got up and opened it.
On the threshold, Maynard leaned against the frame, arms folded. "Care to watch
a movie together?"
Briony paused, surprised. "What movie?"
"The new Titanic remake."
She glanced at the clock-barely ten o'clock.
Since her recovery, her routine had settled into a strict rhythm.
Besides, of all movies, he picked that one...
Briony offered Maynard a polite smile. "Sorry, but it's already my bedtime."
"Briony, are you really that heartless?" Maynard let out a half-laugh, half-sigh. "It's just a movie. Are you
guarding againstlike I'm screep? That hurts, you know."
"| trust your character, Mr. Maynard. | just really need my rest." Briony's tone was earnest. "After all, it took a lot
to get my life back on track. I'm sure you can understand."
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Briony frowned. "Mr. Maynard, I—"
"Are you going to turndown again?" He cut her off, eyes bright with mischief, words taunting. "Briony, you're
such a coward."
Briony stared at him, at a loss for words.
"What are you so afraid of?" Maynard arched an eyebrow with a teasing smirk. "I promise | don't bite."
Briony pressed her fingers to her temple. "Maynard, are you five years old? Are you really trying to winover
with reverse psychology?"
"What else can | do?" Maynard shrugged, grinning. "You're immune to everything. I'm running out of tricks here!"
Briony offered a sincere suggestion. "You could just give up."
"I'm thirty-six," Maynard replied, putting on a wounded look. "Briony, in a few more years I'll be forty and
everyone says a man's no good after forty."
Briony couldn't help but laugh out of exasperation.
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couple of years, and then dumpbefore I hit forty?"
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Maynard straightened his collar with a flourish. "It might sound like a joke, but I'm
more serious than anyone."
"I can't argue with you," Briony said, shaking her head. "I'm going to bed. Goodnight."
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