title: Sweetie Here's the Best Reason on the Planet to Say No to Your Boyfriend : Even If You've Already Said Yes
author:  Debra J. Palardy 
description: Debra J. Palardy is a native of Attleboro, Massachusets, now lives in Cumberland, Rhode Island, with her husband Daniel. Plardy works as a processor for a major investment firm. In her spare time, she enjoys her five children, expanding her perennial Garden
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  “Dinner with you **and** Lily?”
  
  
  “Yes, she can be our chaperone.”
  
  
  “Are we in need of a chaperone?”
  
  
  Too quick. Too feisty. Too full-on, Sophia!
  
  
  Something flashed in Jack’s gaze, something akin to the heat streaking right
  to her toes as she realized she couldn’t take back her reckless words and knew
  she didn’t want to, either.
  
  
  “So, what do you say?”
  
  
  She didn’t know whether she should be disappointed or relieved that he didn’t
  answer her question. Not directly at any rate.
  
  
  But what should she say?
  
  
  No, because the chemistry between us is scaring the life out of me.
  
  
  No, because I’m messed up and in no place for whatever this is.
  
  
  No, because...just because.
  
  
  “You know, I really am starting to question my charm.”
  
  
  His grin, filled with the very charm she’d brought into question, seared away
  any intention of saying no.
  
  
  And what was there to say no to when she thought about it rationally?
  
  
  She enjoyed his comp