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“I did not break his heart,” Blake insisted, slowing to stop behind a Mercedes SUV at a red light
“H his relationship with his boyfriend, Si-terh They’re complete opposites, but they’re friends The best of friends My odds of finding the same, based on taste, opportunity, and miscellaneous factors I won’t bore you with now—are thirty-three point three percent Not great I may never have a life partner, and I’ve decided I’le and she’s perfectly happy I don’t need a man to complete me, but I do like sex and—what’s so funny?”
“You” Blake snorted ht on Walnut Street “Do you plan out every facet of life?”
“Not every facet Some variables can’t be controlled”
“Exactly Too e, jobs…sure, but not people What you wanted in a partner at eighteen ht not be the same when you’re older” He veered into the lot and parked next to a white suburban “And you never knoho you’llthe way It’s like me and you and the sex app”
“So like that,” I huffed
“It’s true If we hadn’t both been extreht, ouldn’t be at a Honition with a flourish “Ti by theto eat”
I narrowed aze suspiciously as I unbuckled the seat belt “You’re prolonging our excursion”
Blake cocked his head “We have to eat I’ry, aren’t you?”
“Yes, but I didn’t think you’d want to spend all day with lasses “Don’t you have other plans?”
“Nope You’re it C’mon” He opened his door and hopped out
I wasn’t sure why, but the prospect of spending an entire day with Blake ame I didn’t understand—not a problem But multiple side excursions with a handsome hunk as completely off-limits would be a true test
I sighed heavily and trekked after hie
Stepping into a gigantic warehouse filled with ho It was loud, echoey, crowded, and very…orange Orange carts, orange signage, orange vests on the employees In case I hadn’t e at all I wrapped my arms around my stomach and stuck close to Blake
Thankfully, he knehere he was going He led h with flat boxes that contained smaller versions of the bookcase my mom wanted to build
“I thought you were going to showsimple…like build a birdhouse”