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“You look weird in a dress,” he said once ere settled

I gave him a blank look “I feel weird, too”

“Why did you wear it?” he pushed

Because I thought it ht piss you off if you happened to see it

It was a little on the short side, and I had no doubt in ot on the back of his bike later, I’d have to hike it up to alet on

“Because,” I shrugged “I wanted to”

He didn’t call h I was fairly sure he saw it for what it was

The waitress came to the table then and took our drink orders, and it just so happened to be the same one who had taken my order when I’d arrived earlier

“Water again?” she asked politely

I shook my head “Sweet tea And a beer—whatever you have on tap”

Her eyebrows rose, but she politely wrote dohat I wanted anyway

Her gaze turned to Linc and she reeled

“Aren’t you…”

Before she could finish, I started to laugh “He gets that all the tih His name is Bonard I call him Bonnie for short”

The waitress’s shoulders drooped “That sucks He’s one of my favorite players”

I doubted it

If he was one of her favorite players, there was no way in hell that I would’ve been able to convince her that he wasn’t the Linc She would’ve caught on to my bullshit in a millisecond

Linc James was a popularbastard

“I guess the beer’s for me, but let me have a water, also,” Linc smiled politely

He didn’t show his teeth, though

“Thanks for that,” Linc sighed when she walked away “You have no idea how exhausting it can get sometimes”

I did

It happened while I’d been with him more times than I could count over the years

Even in college, he’d been a big deal

Now back honized in a heartbeat, and I’d have had no hope of going out to eat with him Linc James was a popular nized him in this restaurant was likely due to the hoity-toity atmosphere The restaurant catered to a more refined crowd

I’d never been to this particular one because it was just too fancy for me