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“Did you forget that I invited you?”

“No, I guess I just thought that ith the brooding and all that the invitation was off the table”

“Quit being such a girl You going to shower, or you want to go like that, all drooly and crazy haired?”

She lifted a hand to her cheek to wipe away any drool marks “Are you sure about this?”

He pointed to her bathrooht over”

“I have my own coffee”

“I know Decent stuff Mine’s better”

“Josh, I appreciate the offer, but I really don’t think—”

He pulled his cell phone out of his back pocket “No proble and tell her you’re not co She’s already set a place for you at the table and has been talking about it for days, but I’m sure she’ll only cry a little—”

Heather groaned “You’re evil Also, you’re the one who screwed this up Remember your whole beastly ‘I am man, I no talk’ routine? You were a jerk, Josh”

He surprised her by giving her a steady look, sliding his phone back into his back pocket “I know I’m sorry Really Let aze

“Well, okay, I didn’t really have a plan beyond bringing you coffee,” he adh “Coffee’ll do”

“You’re easy, Heather Fowler Way too easy”

“Says the guy who’s never gotten near my lady bits”

Heather aze seehtly

“Hey,” she said, holding up a warning finger “Don’t do that I’ one of your women”

“We’ll see, 4C”