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“Don’t knoho you’re getting your inforut
“It comes from a reliable source Sexy little redhead sound fah-maintenance type”
My foot drops to the ground, and I straighten immediately “What the fuck?”
“Moving her in with you? Never thought I’d see this day”
My ure out hoould know any of this He’s been a good friend for a long time, but I haven’t seen him in months and our co in one of his properties in… oh shit… Charlotte
That was six weeks ago
“You have got to be fucking shitting ”
“You alere sharp Less than a minute, impressive”
“You? You’re Stephanie’s unknown mystery man?”
“Not aI wanted you to hear it from me”
I shaketo clear the confusion and absorb this “How? I mean, I can’t think of two more opposite and ill-matched people”
“Pot, h the line
I think about what I’ve said and fall back in ht He and Stephanie fit about as well as Ashlyn and I do Two career construction dudes paired with high-class attorneys “Touché” I laugh along with him “But seriously, how’d this happen?”
“I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours”
“You sound like a fucking chick”
This gets another chuckle “Fine, Iand we hit it off”
“Pierce’s wedding was in May”
“No shit After the weekend, I couldn’t get this woshe wasn’t interested in anything involving a long-distance relationship When the job in Virginia finished, I drove my ass to Charlotte”
“And that was that?”
“Hell no Do you have any idea how stubborn this woman is?”
Ashlyn pops into ht have an idea”
“Then you know I had my work cut out for me”
“Why the secrecy?”
“Not my idea”
“It’s none of my business who you sleep with, but this hits close to home”
“That was her point She’s been cautious I’ve never met such a methodical and disciplined person in my life If it were up to me, our relationship would have been public from day one”
“Exactly how long has this been going on?”
“You mean when did I wear her down?”