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"No," I reply i and spin around to face Adaet uess it’s not really his fault, and if he’s not in the same place I am, it’s okay, but da"

"Back up," Ada his head while he takes a seat at the breakfast bar "What happened?"

I twistin my hands and frown "Did you hear the part where I said I’m embarrassed?"

"You can tell me It can’t be that bad"

"I said I love you and he didn’t say it back"

Ada, then he clears his throat "Wow, you said the L word?"

"Yeah" I drop the rag in the bucket, then lean on the counter and bury my face in my hands "I’m so dumb"

"You’re not du sex," I mumble into my hands "Jesus, heto be embarrassed about," Adam says, confidence in his voice

"I don’t?" I look up fro sex, it doesn’t count" He s in confusion

"Is that guy logic?"

"You were in theMaybe he didn’t hear you"

"That’s stupid," I announce and begin pacing around the kitchen "I didn’t really mean to let it slip out, but I was still half asleep, and he was going down on ood at that, and I couldn’t help it But he didn’t say it back, and now he has to think I’m stupid Or, I’ve freaked him out"

My phone buzzes with another text fro cah day I’ll definitely be there to walk you to your car after work Sorry babe

"See!" I show Declan the text, knowing that I sound like a crazy woweird"

I don’t bother to respond to Declan I just tossto feverishly scrub down the cabinets