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“If you didn’t want to hook up, why did you ask me out?” she demands

Oooh I perk up at the steel in her voice Like I said, I’ve become a bit of a voyeur, and it doesn’t just extend to sexual escapades I pretty ht, and this is the first time in fourteen dates that one of the woood

I take the liberty of perching on their dinner table, butto perfect the whole hovering thing It’s hard learning to live in the Veil The ghosts make it look easy

Mr Knight regards her a little more closely than before—like her clapback made her more relevant

But then he does the eye sweep You know the one

The one where the hot dude looks you up and down But it’s not in a nice way He does it in a way that makes you feel like a total joke

So he does the condescending eye swoopty, and her face heats up faster than a hotdog in hell

“Stop that,” I hiss at him He doesn’t listen, but I can’t blame him for that because he can’t actually hear me

“I took you out as a favor,” he tells her with a wave of his hand “Your cousin works foran Instagra for fashion week He knew if you were seen with reed because now he’ll have no choice but to owein that favor quite soon, actually”

Her teeth clench “You’re a son of a bitch, Knight You know that?”

He takes a gulp of wine and shrugs easily “Now that you were photographed here with me, your career will spike,my shoes”

I wince “Now you’ve really done it,” I say, hopping to h his arm when I try to touch him, but that’s okay All I need to do is use some cupid mojo on him, and then maybe I can turn this date around

After all, I know they’re attracted to each other My cupid senses tell me that much at least But he always does this—always seeround until it’s just a fiery crater of I shoulda swiped left

I just don’t get it I know he desires women, so I don’t understand why he does this

“This is why you need a cupid,” I tell him seriously as I lean in “You’re clearly just incapable of plugging your asshole

long enough to squelch out anything other than rude shit”

I take a deteronna fix this whole thing right now before you ruin date nu myself a much needed pep talk

With as much concentration as I can e exhale of Lust Breath right into his stupidly handsoet things turned around