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“You look shocked,” he said as he pulled into the garage

“I thought you’d live soer”

He turned in the seat and pointed his keys at the garage door “I have a lot of land It’s only h space for, you know The future and stuff”

I nodded slowly and got out It was a triple garage, so I wasn’t entirely sure ‘se in here Boxes lined one wall, stacked so haphazardly I wanted to go over there and straighten them all up A fake Christmas tree was still up like he’d just picked it up by the base and carried it out here Two bikes, some skis, snowboards—all kinds of outdoor exercise equipment that o anywhere like that

“What?”

“It’s a big garage for one truck,” I remarked

He met my eyes “You want to sort those boxes, don’t you?”

“So bad,” I ad me”

Seb took me by the upper arms and steered me toward a door “Come on Another time”

“But—”

“Holley,” he said my name slowly

“It’s just an excuse to get me to come back!”

“One hundred percent” He laughed and pushed open the door

We stepped into a laundry rooe From there, I followed Seb into a kitchen that ice the size of , and the white cabinets were a stark contrast and added sohtness

“Holy shit,” I breathed “I could live in your kitchen”

“If I knew that, I’d have brought you here before” He grinned and opened the fridge, pulling out two bottles of water “I have toto take a while”

“This see one of the three eye-level ovens

“Yeah You’re finally in ”

Was this another play hiame moment?

It was It was

Okay

I closed the oven and adjustedover my shoulder “What exactly did you have in mind?”

“I have a pool table,” he said, throwing me off “Wanna play?”

“Um, sure?” I re these?”

“Hooks in the laundry room”

I tooktheht into Seb as doing the sa

“Sorry,” I breathed, my face practically smooshed into his chest

“It’s fine” He looked down at me, lips curved up “You’ll survive”

“Mhmm” I darted around him and back into the kitchen “You need to help me find stuff to make dessert”