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Sighing, I sluetic look "No, of course I don’t want that It’s just…hard to think of you still seeing hiuess it hurts a little"

"He’s hurting too," he repriiving me a hand with these?"

I roll off the stool and ith slu each of the flower buckets out into the open area so we can count our stock We work quietly, which is unusual, because Stevie always keeps up a running banter of gossipy goodness He’s miffed at me and probably confused, but I just don’t know any other way to explain my actions to him

After about twenty minutes, we have the flowers counted and our order forms completed for when the truck will arrive this afternoon with fresh stock

"Go ahead and get started on the orders," Stevie says distractedly, and heads for the front of the store to unlock the door for customers

"Hey," I call out to him, and he turns toanyone?"

"Seeing anyone?" Stevie asks curiously

"You know…back to hissomeone seriously?"

A tiny glint of a smile forms on Stevie’s face, but he doesn’t let it loose Instead, he casually shrugs "I’m not sure He doesn’t discuss his sex life with me"

"His sex life? He has a sex life?" I practically screech, and I know it’s ludicrous even as the words coated in razor wire escape my mouth

Stevie’s sue," he says blandly "No clue what Garrett does in his personal tiain…do you think he’d really tell et back to you?"

My stomach drops, rolls over, cramps painfully My heart constricts just as hard within s dissipates Garrett definitely would not tell Stevie if he was dating again And the fact he hasn’t said anything leads me to believe that he has, indeed, er flushes through ht to be angry I have no right to expect anything of hinored his emails that he sent to me in a last-ditch atte, it took away his hope, and he’s clearly ht is so painful, I double over and cross my arms over my stomach