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He laughed “Really now? I hope you aren’t pulling ”

“Hey I’ht as wellfor me”

“You’re washing the dishes”

She laughed, a loud burst that sounded fun to listen to “I don’t mind Still cheaper than dinner out”

“I have dessert too”

“Please don’t tell me you make a mean cake,” she said Then he’d be too ideal Which shouldn’t happen

“I bought it, it’s my mum that makes it”

“I like it when you talk in a British accent”

“I get confused sometimes So my accent sounds too fake to be American or too fake to be British”

“I still like it,” she said, then realized she had said it so calmly it was as if she had told him she loved him She looked down and concentrated on her pasta

“Can I ask you so?”

“What?”

“Have you ever considered e?”

He shook his head “I don’t believe in divorce If you can’t work things out with sie”

“Did your parents get divorced?”