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"You're so afraid of her that you won't just tell her the truth?"

She sighs and sits on the sofa I sit beside her, my arm around her shoulder

"It's just that she thinks she's this great matchmaker because she had success with a couple of our friends So she thinks she has an instinct for people who belong together She doesn’t think you and I belong together"

"She's wrong We obviously want to be together"

"No," she says and shakes her head "She e and babies The whole shebang"

I nod "What about her? Why is she still single?"

India leans her head against my shoulder "I don't know… She says she hasn't met her match yet But she totally believes she will She's the eternal optimist"

"You have to put yourself out there," I say and runover her shoulders "She's so busyherself"

"She'll find someone"

I think of Marina, with her black hair in her signature pig-tails and her dark-rieeky that it's hard to iine her with a man She looks like she's ready to play some LARPG

For the rest of the evening, we never talk about work Instead, we spend so Netflix, and then it's late and I should really go hoet ready for my trip

Now comes the moment when I have to leave and I don't knohat India will think about it Will she want me to stay?

"I have to go," I say and kiss the top of her head "I have the early-et some shut-eye"

"Okay," she says and kisses ht?"

I nod and pull her onto ht over and drive you crazy with lust At least four times"