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Bruce was right It’s a good thing I spent all that money to major in books

“Well…” I shrug and force a s frouess it’s worth a shot, huh?”

“Definitely worth a shot” He chuckles, and I swear to God, his laugh vibrates all the way from his throat, across the counter, and hits me like a bullet, square in the chest

It’s so unfair Your childhood crush isn’t supposed to get et wrinkles and just…not look like this

I, on the other hand, aer a memory

Thankfully, Ithe computer explode, and once the delivery is set and scheduled, I give him the cost “The total is 5230, and the bouquet will be delivered to your mom’s Florida address next Monday”

“Perfect,” Milo responds with a soft smile as he pulls his wallet out of the back pocket of his trousers “So, are you new to the area or just the shop?”

“Uh…yeah…sort of… I just moved to Chelsea”

He hands me his credit card—a shiny, black, rich-person’s credit card

And, from what I know of Milo, he is a rich person A billion-dollar kind of rich person for whom my brother noorks, in fact

Evan is the CFO of Milo’s company Fuse, and he currently runs their Austin office

And I am sireat career, friend, or dating prospects, whonize…

The co

Jesus My track record of bu and aard is unparalleled Seriously Guinness World Records should be calling me any day now

The transaction goes through without any issues, obviously, and I hand him back his shiny card

“Thank you for your help,” he says and slips the card back into his wallet “Please let Bruce and Betty know that Milo says hello”

All I can do is nod at this point It’s gone too far There’s no fix fornow

With a simple wave, he turns on his heels and heads toward the door

As soon as I’one, I do what anyone would do in my situation

I lean forward and bang ainst the counter

What in the hell just happened?

Milo fucking Ives and a hideous display of no confidence, that’s what happened

Ugh