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I hold off on responding until I’e fifty ti a sainst it After I press send I have regret It’s not the friendliest text, but I’ the ability to read above a fifth-grade level, his media persona isn’t one I like Especially with the plethora of photos I’ve seen of him with various women
I don’t want to put out positive vibes because in reality, I kind of like him If he hadn’t called or texted or sent flowers or emailed, I would write him off as another asshole because it’s exactly what I expected Except he’s done all these things that contradict et so complicated?
I should finish Tom Jones since ht, though, so reading isn’t le into the corner of the couch I’d watch it with the ’rents on their seventy-inch HD flat screen, butAlex-related questions I’ets she’s ets weird
By the end of the first period the Hawks are losing by one goal No one scores in the second period and the players are getting chippy Alex ends up with a two- of the third for interference The caht-jawed and livid as he sulks in the ti ato contain his frustration I bet sex with hi intense, do
When Alex returns to the ice, he finally pulls it together and scores a goal, tying the garessive and focused, he’s clearly determined not to let his teaoal in the finalto the sportscasters, it’s an i forward, so the team’s excitement is understandable
Alex is edgy during his intervieith the sportscaster; maybe because the final score is too close He rubs the side of his neck, his chagrin over his penalty obvious I notice the dark pinkish-purple hickey, which les away fro him one on his shoulder, but after what I’ve discovered in my research, I can’t be certain this one’s from me
I climb into bed with the hickey ondesperately to get my brain to shut off and let me sleep already As the cusp of drea a text I sigh and grab the device frohly aware I don’t want it to be Charlene
My sto when it turns out to be fro him for the flowersI wait exactly four erIt buzzes less than a raced with a winky eets all excited, I don’t fail to recognize he could easily pick up any puck bunny and celebrate his brains out I e arrivesI send one final text in response, my uncertainty as pervasive asto start to like him more than I already do
The week folloith daily deliveries fro’s works with a note suggesting that he read theh and send hi; I let it go to voice mail rather than answer The butterflies in my stomach unnerve me
The next day he sends a USB stick with a compilation of albuically Hip—they’re Canadian, like Alex It’s acco all his favorite songs Next is a box of truffles froift certificate from Victoria’s Secret for an unknown amount It’s made out to my boobs, which Alex officially asks on a date
He sends an e for the content of the card and asking the rest ofto wear ood hour to co I’ll check my schedule