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Instead of shrugging the coat off and handing it back, I gripped the sides and pulled the, plus, it smelled like him The clean, fresh smell he alore—or was that just him?
“We need to have mini cheesesteaks next week” Leo bit into a cracker beforeit into a bush nearby “How are even their crackers terrible?”
“You want mini cheesesteaks for lunch?”
“No, for the block party” That’s e’d taken to calling our event
“Does anyone do theet one of the restaurants to—”
“No, it needs to be somewhere ho greasy bun, grilled onions, whiz, the whole deal I’ll see what I can find out, and et a favor from Jim’s”
“We canand typed out a few notes, adding them to our shared document
“This…” He looked around at the clean elegance of the evening “Has got nothing on e put together” His confidence was , but it was also a comfort While he didn’t have much experience, his instincts about how ht The competitive drive that had served hi channeled into our work
As harried as I’d been, running around at our et me the hell out of here’ face, except maybe from me when I’d been covered in blue paint I’d never heard so hter from a corporate event Everyone was paint-splattered and roastingchildhood favorite snacks with booze had been a winning combination
Walking around the ht to ? Had Leo been right?
Everything was in its place Trays of chane Waiters in tuxes Silver trays with h It was posh, polished, and perfectly plain There wasn’t a hint of excite the sas More than a few people discreetly and not-so-discreetly checked their phones or watches for the time
A string quartet at least played pop lass enclosure with an obscured view of the stars This would have been soin the way around a fire, roasting hot dogs Leo stood on the other side of the roo off his every word and he soaked up the attention, used to it after being at the center of one of the biggest sports in the city
But that confidence didn’t onlyof the consequences It also attracted woman like bees to an ice cream sundae in the nized and flirted with right in front of me
Jealousy was a bitter fucking pill, especially over my not-even-real fiancé, but as far as everyone here kneere blissfully happy, secret lovers ready to recite our vows at our earliest opportunity I needed to keep it in check if it put our chances in jeopardy Also, this wasn’t real I needed to repeat that mantra over and over
Tonight I earing the ring and on his ar and sexy eyes trying to steal away my man Well, not my man exactly, but she didn’t know that Hadn’t I heard it before? The attractiveness factor of a man went up to some women once they kneas taken