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Nathan nodded and pulled the door open for her "Yeah I texted hi out the door so they should already be at the place e get there"

"Perfect"

The drive took about twenty minutes Nathan noticed Mia’s face was buried in her phone "Got a hot guy you’re texting with?"

Her head shot up and she shoved her phone in her purse "What? No, of course not It wasuhMonique, about some work stuff Sorry"

He frowned and studied the road ahead of hi with He knew all her friends, and he didn’t believe for one da with Monique Or that it ork shit

Whichin his gut in reaction

They hadn’t laid down ground rules about their relationship They weren’t exclusive, and now she was texting with so up with hiation to have dinner with Nathan on his birthday was over

"You know, you don’t have to have dinner with ht just because it’s my birthday"

She looked over at him "What? I want to have dinner with you"

"Do you? Because it’s obvious you’d rather be so about?"

HeWith souy I told you it was Monique"

"Uh-huh"

She reached over and sh, which did not help his disposition in the least

"Trust ht now than with you"

"Okay"

He still felt unsettled, and ht to be Mia was free to see who he could do about it

Which only unsettled hilance, pulled the phone out of her bag and looked at it

"Sorry It’s work stuff"

Yeah Work stuff Sure it was

She typed a quick answer and with a guilty look at hi

Shit

Maybe he needed to start dating around again, and he wouldn’t feel like this The only problem with that was the only woman he wanted to see was Mia

"It’s this exit," Mia said

He nodded and took the exit, then followed her instructions to the location

"This looks like a warehouse," Nathan said, but there were a ton of cars parked there

"I think the restaurant is in the back," Mia said

He shrugged, his s So, whatever They’d eat and then she could go out on her date

They parked and walked to the restaurant He held the door for her and she slipped inside

Damn it was dark in here Hoere they supposed to even read the dahts flipped on and Nathan blinked as a bunch of voices shouted "Surprise!" in unison

It took hi on, but then he saw his mom and dad, and Jamal and Wendy, andholy shit, was that Uncle Gavin and Liz? And his grandparents?

He looked over at Mia, who leaned against him and laid her hand on his chest