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Alice ju if I find him hot

“He’s…okay if you’re into that look”

“That look? Every wo at hionna lie My eyes locked on when I saw hi stride is unmistakable”

“Wait,” I say, bringing the tip of my pencil to my temple as I slide his order to our cook, Ernie, who quickly wisecracks, “Never would have guessed it,” he says after seeing the order

“Leave hi, you should take it as a compliment”

Ernie holds up his hands in rill, the sound of it crackling on hot butter like music to my ears

I fell asleep late last night, first frohts of hi to work this

“Wait, what?” Alice asks “You never finished your sentence”

I rackto say

“And why are you so protective over this guy if you don’t find him attractive, aren’t interested in hi special, when it’s completely clear that he is?”

“First of all, he’s a customer, and a loyal one I’m protective ofin, spendinga problem Reliable people”

“Uh huh,” Alice says, clearly not believing a word of my attempt to rationalize my actions

“And I said ‘wait’ because I was surprised he didn’t drive here, but walked instead”

“Maybe he lives close, like you, and just prefers to walk in the ”

“Maybe,” I say, not about to give away that he’s hbor