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“Why are you s so hard?” Chelsea asked

“No reason,” I said “You can stay here as long as you want I have to go meet my client”

“Seriously?” She frowned “Why do I feel like everyone in s without me?”

Because they are

FRIENDS

Tyler

Harlow rolled over in the Grand Hotel bed the next , her dark hair tousled all over her head Twice, in the ht, she’d clie both times

Earlypancakes, beer, and a dip in the rooftop hot tub happened in between, and I never wanted to let her go

I wanted this every weekend, and I wanted us to make up for years of lost time

“Hey,” she said, s as I s”

“Yes?”

“Way back when, e used to binge watch TV shows, nothing was there Right?”

I s to ask me?”

“So simple,” she said “Last week, I beat your doorame and he said that you once told hiame all the time He asked if I was that person”

“Once again, what are you trying to ask me?”

Her cheeks flushed red “I’ if you were attracted to s a little easier for me to s”

“Your sing skills are phenomenal”

She blushed again

“I’ve always had a crush on you,” I adet anything more than a conversation Did I have one back then?”

“Not at all” She laughed “But I did think that you were a very good kisser on the night that you invited me inside your dorm room”

“Why didn’t you ever tell me that?”

“Didn’t want to get your hopes up”

I smiled “Good decision”

“I’ Chelsea about us” Her tone suddenly changed “I don’t think she’ll be okay with this at all”

“Maybe” I pulled her on top of me “I wouldn’t worry about that now She’s consu”

“I know, but—” She looked into uilty, so can we discuss the ‘when’ later?”

“Depends on howto kill that line of conversation, but she pulled away