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“See, I would have believed that if you hadn’t shown up here today I would have believed it was all on Harlow’s end but you turning up to oversee a fridge delivery that didn’t need overseeing, that tells me a lot” She drank soood”

This wo that most people couldn’t do; she’d stunned me into silence So, I ate cake It was the safer option And fuck, it was good cake

Sree?”

“Did Harlow make this?”

She nodded “Yes, it’s her favourite cake”

Da delicious; the best cake I’d ever had We sat in silence, eating cake and drinking coffee until Harlow joined us a couple of minutes later

“Hoas the cake?” she asked looking at my empty plate

“Was just about to tell your Mum that it’s the best cake I’ve ever had”

She fucking blushed And then she gave ht then and fucking there that Harloas a risk to my manhood I wanted her in a way I’d never wanted a woet laid; that would fix the problem

Before she could open her e the front door opened and two delivery guys walked in I stood and tipped e?”

“Yeah, mate Where do you want it?”

I nodded at Cheryl “Ask the boss”

I

drowned out the noise of their conversation as they worked out where the fridge was going and instead focused on Harlow as she cleaned away the cake and coffee dishes She went out the back somewhere and when she didn’t return, I wandered out there looking for her She was loading the dishwasher in the kitchen and I leaned against the doorfra her quietly

She kneas there because without stopping what she was doing she said, “Thank you so e My Mum really appreciates it”