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"And yet you ignore the fact that you lied" His brows dran, but even so, he can’t remove the smile from his eyes "That wasn’t very nice"

He has a point "You’re right, but in eable I didn’t want you to think there was anything between us that could lead to--"

He holds up a hand to stop lances at Harlow and then back to et it But even you have to adht?"

"Way to set the bar high there, superstar"

He laughs "You knohat I mean"

I pick at the wrapper of my cupcake "It doesn’t suck," I adht I’m sort of ain, nodding to Margot "Don’t tell my sister"

"Your secret is safe with me"

Luke reaches for a piece ofas he tears off a chunk and pops it into hiscolors his botto it off He watchessmirk

I s, and can only hope it’s not as loud as I ied in the other conversation--covertly squeezes my hand on the blanket behind Luke’s back She is such an enabler

I clear inary crumbs from my shorts "So what have you been up to?"

"Let’s seeI texted you"--he says with a teasing smile--"feel free to answer those anyti out at my mom’s house, and jerked off a few tiether "Absolutely not in that order"

I cough out a laugh "I was going to say"

"Uh, yeah Let’s rebrand that conversation and edit out that last part" He reaches for another piece of cupcake, and I hold it out for hilance over at his sister, who seereat how much time you spend with your family"

"Did you know my room at home still looks exactly like it did when I was sixteen?"

"Really?"

He nods "Most ofrooed My aard adolescence has been preserved like an archeological dig"

"I can’t tell if that’s terrifying or intriguing," I tell him

"My bed is in the same place, the posters on the wall, even the corkboard I rade is still there, complete with friendship bracelets, concert tickets, and dance photos I think there’s even the condo his eyes like he’s trying to relances quickly over to Mia, his cheeks coloring again

"Wow, that’snostalgic" It’s a little weird to hear hi honest My fa like his