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“Oh God,” she says in a small voice as the realization of what I just said hits her “But—but—what are we going to do? Should I just cop to my dad that this was all my stupid idea?”

“No fucking way,” I say gruffly, not willing to let Brooke take the fall for this We were in it together now

And then she does what I sort of hoped she would “Maybe we should keep this going for a little while longer Imess it up”

Oh yeah…I like that idea a lot More tiood way out of this shit

“I think we should do a fake engagement,” I say with determination

Her eyes bug out “A fake engagement?”

“Yeah, keep your dad offroo a coach, and I can concentrate on the game and—”

“It’s a good solution,” she breaks in on me, and I let out a slow and silent breath of relief “Is that weird?”

“Totally not weird,” I assure her with a wave ofI’ve ever been involved in in my life I a is I would never say it out loud, but fuck, we should have coht us, and probably a million times after that

We should just goddaht now

But instead I’ement because I don’t want it to end yet, but I also don’t knohere I want it to go either I just know that this past week has been a with Brooke and she’s the only woman I’ve ever been with that

So yeah…fake engagement it is

“Hoould we go about this?” Brooke asks, her voice sounding a little too brisk and professional as if we’re negotiating a business deal

I slide ers across her cheekbone, over her ear and to the back of her head to hold her in place Leaning in, I give her a devilish sure out I’ll handle the details”