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They collected their gear and Kaylee followed Bennett outside

They both looked…well, a little bit ragged

“You’re wearing a dress,” he said again

Yes, she supposed that bore paying attention to, considering her typical uniform was plaid button-up shirts and worn jeans If she was feeling really fancy maybe a belt with some rhinestones on it

“I was on a date, Bennett,” she said, articulating the Ts a bit more sharply than necessary

“Were you?” he asked, crossing his arainst the truck

She pushed her now-coled red hair off her face “I was”

“Anyone I know?” he asked, his tone overly casual

He was asking so he could cast aspersions It hat he did And it rankled He was never going to be her boyfriend And yet he took great delight in judging every single one she’d ever had, and finding them unworthy

“Depends,” she said, keeping her tone sweet “Do you know Clarence the dachshund?”

He arched a brow “I do not”

“Well, I had a date with Clarence’s owner And since you don’t know Clarence that doesn’tto you”

“I didn’t think we dated the owners of patients,” he said frowning

“Well, that’s much easier for you, Bennett If I eliminated every man in toith a pet then I would never be able to date” She pretty ht was the first time she’d been on a date in over a year

Bennett let out a very ht shock wave it sent through her “Do you want to come over and have a beer?”

She really, really needed to say no She was supposed to be on a date with another ht platonically hanging out at Bennett’s house again It was her default She did it too often

She had done it all throughout his dating Olivia Logan, feeling so pointlessly jealous of everything the cute, petite wo that Kaylee wasn’t Refined Fine-boned Short Definitely able to wear giant heels around anyover them Not that she would tower over Bennett in heels