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“Romantic literature”

“Yeah, right, whatever” Andrew turned to the ith a board marker in his hand He wrote the words “What women want” on the paper behind him

Josh pointed at the paper “Wasn’t that a ure this out?”

Caroline elbowed hiot this over with, the closer they were to hi

Andrew tapped the paper “After doing soot the answer to this The real answer Not soh he aiting for so Caroline wondered if it was applause

“Okay,” Josh said “I’ll bite What do women want?”

“According to all of these books—” Andreept his hand towards the piles he’d been skis from theirromantic

gestures” He wrote the words down “The kind of thing thatin the sky, stadiuer, and h, they need theit In detail He has to tell her why he loves her and why she’s special at the sa all the things s like ‘you’re so pretty, you have dainty feet, you o all ure out for themselves why a man wants to be with them, so they need to hear it from the horse’s mouth”

Caroline gaped at the hly entertained Caroline wondered if he was going to put his father on pause and fetch some popcorn

“Second” Andrew turned back to the wall and started to write again “They want aa suit The suit is important It needs to be tailored to fit, and it helps if there’s a six-pack under it” He lifted his T-shirt to show off his stoave Caroline high hopes for Josh in the future “What do you think? Do I need to do some sit-ups?”

They looked at him blankly

“Never mind” Andrew dropped his shirt “Anyway, the books call this cave ‘alpha’” He made air quotes “Basically, he’s a bastard who does what he wants but is sexy while he’s doing it, so he gets aith it”

Caroline closed her eyes briefly as Josh’s shoulders began to shake beside her At least he kept his hysterics quiet

“I wish I was filet him to run seminars”

“Lastly”—Andrened as his mouth pursed—“women want kinky sex”