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He lifts his brows, then I tell Wynn, "I’ll get you coffee"

"You knohere to find me," he tells Wynn

"At the club?" I want to shout when the door closes behind him

I exhale and inhale as I make coffee and try to push the odd homesickness away as I come back to Wynn

"You okay?" I ask

"Yeah It was just difficult to talk to hiether, but now that he’s e between us"

She seems better now I take a couch opposite hers and curl hs and stares into space "He seduced me with food and that smile he has"

"I’m sorry, Wynn Should I call Gina or Rachel?"

"Don’t even think about it! They’ll killthere" She looks at me and her expression softens "Thank you, Livvy I promise nobody will know"

I won’t ask, I won’t ask, I won’t ask, I repeat like the ht you home--"

She waves a hand "Oh, I totally warned him not to say a word"

I bite down onto know "Who is he?"

She quirks an eyebrow at the anxiousness inblue eyes widen even more

"He works where I work, so" I hasten to explain

"Hell, I know" She eyes me in amuse: I a to ask her, it’s really not od, never! He’s a one-way ticket to Broken Heartsville, even worse than Eh I thought he and I were friends too but he doesn’t cozy up to me in that way He tried to touch my hair and I moved it back before he could and that was the extent of it

"He’s single, if that’s what you want to know," Wynn says Then her eyes go a little wider in concern as she says, like this is crucial for leness All his friends are taken, so now he’s the lastPlease don’t tell me you like him He’s the last man Tahoe would like to see you with Trust me"

"I don’t like hi like that This is why I have this fake engageuys away, even at clubs This year is all about work for et so struggling businesses"