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"You busy?" I asked Landon from his doorway

"What does it look like?" he said from behind a book

"Looks like you need to be distracted"

He lowered the book and snorted "So, Pax You should try it sometime Then maybe you wouldn’t have to harass your timid little tutor so much"

"She’s not tiainst his doorframe

"Compared to your normal scores, she’s a church mouse" He put his hands up when I stepped into the rooreat She’s really nice, and she h this year, but I see the way you look at her"

"I’ued

"Au contraire You’re looking like you’d love to fuck her"

My eyes narrowed If he wasn’t some heartbroken sap, I’d have laid into him about his own self-destructive sexual habits--there was a reason we called him Casanova--but that only would have made me more of an asshole than I already was It wasn’t like I didn’t play a role in that heartbreak…and the way he’d changed afterward "I’ain

"Wait Aren’t you hed and put the book down on his sto you want Say the word Even if it’s the stupidest decision you’ve ever made, you know I’ll have your back Second, do you realize what you just said?"

I rubbedall evening Enlighten me"

"You said be with Leah Not hook up, or score, or fuck, like you have ever been with anyone And I can tell you that as your best friend, she’s not the kind of girl you screw, drop for the next hot piece of ass, and expect her to tutor you after Keep your hands in your pockets and your dick in your pants, because if you fuck this up we’re all screwed" He raised the book and waved et laid, call Zoe Leave the tutor alone"

"So I guess thisher out with us toes, but he didn’t put the book down "If you’re hell-bent on screwing this up, I won’t stop you Hell, I’ll find her a wetsuit"

"Thank you, she’ll need one And for the record, I’ Leah I’rades are more important than any hookup" The word tasted like shit in ainst the wall "He’s right," she said with a shrug

"Not you, too" I passed her, shaking my head as she followed me down the stairs in the suite Thank God the caht now "What the hell have I done to deserve you two launching into me?"

She tilted her head "Do you honestly want me to list every female we’ve had to replace because you don’t specialize inafters? What, two camera women? Your physical therapist? My twenty-first birthday party planner?"