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“Make this thing a thing” I repeated the words, knohat theyThat’s what you want?”

“So between us We don’t need to be fancy about it But we can give it a shot, see if there’s sorinned “Hell, ”

I chuckled He had a point

“Listen, I’ serious But I’ like there’s not so between us We can take it slow”

“As in, not get engaged after a month?”

“Exactly what I’ ”

The ood case And truth be told, I wasn’t crazy about never seeing the asshole again

I took a deep breath and spoke “OK We can try it But no promises”

He grinned “Sounds perfect”

I raised ain—the killer nausea My face went pale, and it took all the restraint I had to set down round Once it was out of my hand, I rushed to the bathroom as quickly as I could

“Whoa, you OK?”

I didn’t answer before shutting the door behindover to the toilet Once there I let it rip, puking out all of the s with the small amount of coffee I’d had Once I was done, I waited for the inevitable knock froure out an excuse as I did

But it never ca to rens of evidence that I’d thrown up

OK, I thought NoDr Shaw today Maybe he can get you in for a last-minute appointment

Being sick was the last thing I needed to be worrying about After all, I’d agreed to have a…thing with Josh, whatever that e else, I couldn’t afford any distractions

Once I was ready, I stepped out of the bathroom Josh was on the phone, which explained why he hadn’t come to check in on me

“…decided we needed to have some quiet time Come on, Dad We both needed a break fro up

“Dad pissed?”