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up and creased his forehead in disgust.
    “Here I’ll show you. The easiest way is to take your small fork and move the oyster around in the shell to make sure it’s detached, bring the shell to your lips, tilt your head back and let it slide into your mouth. You might have to kind of suck on it a bit if it doesn’t come in your mouth right away. Then swallow. Like this.” I demonstrated and put the shell back on the plate. “It’s really yummy but it’ll taste a little salty.”
    Mason’s eyes were heated and his cheeks flushed. “Forget everything I said about not wanting to try the oysters. I love oysters. My new favorite food. We’re having them every time we’re out together.”
    “What?” I asked, not catching on.
    “Ellie, that was hot.”
    “Hot?”
    “Can you really not know what it does to a man to watch you explain how you eat an oyster and then demonstrate the process so well?”
    I thought back to my explanation. I put my hands over my face when I realized what he was referring to. “Oh my god. I didn’t mean it like that,” I mumbled from underneath my hands.
    Mason leaned across the table, grabbed one of my wrists and pulled it away from my face. “I didn’t mean to embarrass you.” He chuckled and I started laughing, too.
    Maybe I was too comfortable around him. I needed to start thinking before I spoke. “It’s okay. I can’t believe I didn’t realize what I was saying when the words were coming out of my mouth.”
    Mason raised an eyebrow. “You really need to stop saying the word coming if you want to make it to the main course. A man only has so much self-control.”
    We both laughed louder than we should have, drawing the attention of some of the other diners.
    “Are you going to try it?” I asked when I could catch my breath.
    “Let’s give it a go.” Mason was a quick study. He did everything right up until the oyster hit the back of his throat. At that point his face curled up in disgust and he began coughing and gagging. His face went red and he grabbed the napkin off his lap and spit the oyster into it.
    I did my best to stifle my laugh. “Not a fan I take it?”
    “I’m sorry. They’re just so…gooey. I didn’t expect them to be like that. My throat just refused to open.”
    “That’s okay they’re not for everyone,” I said still chuckling a bit.
    “I feel like such a pussy.”
    “Don’t. They can take some getting used to. Are you sure you don’t want to try another one now that you know what to expect? It’d be a shame to waste them.”
    Mason leaned in across the table, cupped my face in his hand and ran his thumb back and forth over my cheek. “Oh, Ellie. You’re going to finish every one of those oysters, and I’m going to Love. Every. Second. Of. It.”

 
    CHAPTER EIGHT
     
    Halfway through dinner I started to notice that a few of our fellow diners kept stealing glances at our table. I’d only been recognized a handful of times in public since the video had been released so it struck me as odd, but I was immediately self-conscious. Were they waiting for a repeat performance of the last time I was out on a dinner date with a guy? Well, they could keep waiting. I’d learned my lesson.
    I tried to ignore the eyeballs piercing through my skull as I ate but it was distracting as hell. Maybe I was being paranoid thinking everywhere I went people would recognize me because of what had happened at the job interview.
    “Have you noticed people looking at us?” I asked Mason in a hushed voice.
    He looked at me from across the table like a deer in headlights. “What do you mean?”
    “I just feel like everyone’s checking us out. It’s strange.”
    He let out a big sigh and ran a hand over his shaved head. “Ellie, there’s something I need to—”
    “Oh my god! I’m so sorry to interrupt your dinner but I had to come over and tell you that I’m one of your biggest fans!” A girl about eighteen or so with long blond hair stood beside our