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Heather wanted to believe hiers tightened on her ar to tell her so her to understand

But she didn’t understand Didn’t understand any of this

“You think I’ve been sleeping around on you?” he asked, not finishing his sentence

She looked away “I wasn’t sure I didn’t want to ask, because you’ve been so clear that it’s just sex”

“As have you,” he challenged

Yes, but that’s changing, her heart cried

“Fine, you want to do this?” he said, resting his forehead on hers “I didn’t sleep with Kitty that night I swear it Not any woman since I kissed you at that fussy brunch of yours I don’t knohen I stopped bringing the to do with you It was annoying, but I couldn’t quite seeirl in 4C”

Heather’s heart leapt, and she slowly lifted her hands to his wrists, wrapping her fingers around his war

Steady like hiiven him credit for

The truth of the matter was, she loved hihbor in 4A, who h and was there for her, and who took her ho so she wouldn’t be alone, and who helped her plan a wedding, and not just any wedding, but the wedding of his ex

He was good

He was the best

He was everything

“Josh—”

“Ten! Nine! Eight”

She jolted a little at the sudden chorus of drunken shouting coht She’d all but forgotten that they were at a crowded party, much less that it was New Year’s Eve