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“Is this coolhere?” he asked “It’s not like we need to do it for show”

“Oh, I don’t know,” I muse out loud “I mean…if my dad stopped by unexpectedly, that would lend credibility to our story”

Bishop gives a fake full-body shudder “Please God, don’t let that happen”

Laughing, I squeeze his hand, then press it deeper into htens around me and I feel oddly secure

Strange because I was just feeling so vulnerable

“That was nice of you to talk to Erik’s date tonight,” Bishop says into the darkness I’ve got hbor’s house sits about twenty feet away, their bedroom directly across froot an eyeful of Mr Crantz walking around naked, and the blinds have been closed ever since

He feels , but I add, “She was cool I’ed to talk to her”

The cringe that follows I’m sure he also feels I didn’tBishop is quiet for ahis teammate, but he merely says, “That’s just Erik He’s a total playboy and not ready to settle down yet”

“She told me they had sex in the bathroo secure enough to share this with him

Bishop chuckles “Yup And later that night, he left with another woman”

Before I can process how rotten that is, I blurt out, “You sound almost proud of him”

“Why? Does that make you jealous?” he says playfully

“Not in the slightest,” I huff out, and he laughs again, pulling me even deeper into him

“Don’t worry,” he tells ht”

“Yeah,” I ood behavior “It wouldn’t be very helpful for the boys to see you on the prohen you have a supposed girlfriend you’d been hiding from them”

Another long s his hand up and slides his fingers along my jaw He turns my head so I have to crane over my shoulder to look at him There’s just the shadowy outline of him, and I have no clue what expression is on his face, but his voice is very gentle

Very steady