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Our eyes locked, andet started”

From the corner of my eye, I noticed his small frown before it disappeared “Okay, I’m ready Hit me with it How much work is it?”

I ru the folder, then opened it and spread the contents out on Carson’s desk “So, I went through everything Mrs Parks gave us, then I also did a little planning” I took out the spreadsheets Iit to him

“I think if we put our minds to it, we can knock out a lot of the work this weekend and be done in a week or so with only delivery left and minimal interaction on our part”

He grunted at the spreadsheet “I don’t know if that works for me”

“Well, I just thought we could divide and conquer” Since we can’t stand each other “I figured it ouhmore smoothly Iyou think we should add,” I said,toward the paper, “now’s the time”

He stood anddown at the spreadsheet fro below him, and I squir down my neck from above

“If we get the tree up this weekend and rake in so and delivery,” I said

“There’s only one problem with all of this”

“What?” I blinked up at him

“I have meets all day Saturday, and then Sunday we have—”

“Carson, I can’t wait for you to be free Iis important, and you have a social life, but this is important, too It’s either we complete this, or we take the suspension, which fros, isn’t a viable option for either of us if I want to gain early admission and you want to keep your scholarship”

He raked a hand through his hair “I get that And I realize that s difficult, but it is what it is”

It is what it is? Why was he always so cavalier about everything? It

was super annoying Maybe thelist