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"She's got a date tonight Don't mess it up"

What?

"India has a date?"

I'm not the only one shocked by that announcelance at me quickly, like they expect er to hear the details Marina fills us in on this guy she's matched India with

As if India needs help finding men Every irl

Besides, she doesn't want a ht now She's focused on her career I know, because she told ht be so between us She wants to ets serious about a man

She's pure ambition – like me Like the rest of us at Pacifica

"She's lonely," Marina says plainly

That hits me like a truck and I'm lost for words for a moment

"How can she be lonely?" I say when I recover I tippull on it "She's too busy to be lonely She said so herself She's focused on her career India says men are superfluous Those were her words, Marina, not mine Superfluous"

"You think she's going to adives me this derisive snort and takes a sip of her own beer "She comes home to an empty house and is so lonely that she sleeps on the couch with the television on because she hates being alone in her king-sized bed True confession" Then she points at me, her eyes narrow "Don't tell her I told you that She'll kill me"

I frown and i on her couch instead of her bed I reht that bed – I helped her pick it out I even i our brains out on it, but that's just an idle uy But that was it I iined it one time, maybe twice Less than a dozen times, for sure

It's not like I think of sleeping with India often I' one of the most successful tech start-ups in the past five years

But speaking of her bed, it's hugely ostentatious with four thick posts of dark wood Silk gray coverlet and throw pillows In her huge master suite with thedoors that lead to her own personal deck overlooking the ocean

She doesn't like sleeping in that bed?