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“Girl,” Luke interrupted patronizingly

“Fuck Luke, she’s eighteen! She’s not a girl, she’s a woman” I yelled “She’s the only wo other than a hard-on I knohat you think, but it’s not like that How long have you known er than a day?”

“How long have you been seeing each other? Since that dinner at our house last month?”

“Before that Honestly, I had no idea of her age, or that she was Sally’s sister in the beginning” Luke looked seain “What can I do tome?”

“Um, stay away from her?” he said sarcastically

I shook hteen man, she’s an adult who can make her own decisions,” I said Luke’s jaw clenched as I spoke He kneas right

“I didn’t tell her parents,” he said quietly

“You didn’t?” I said, surprised “Why?”

“Because Belle begged h his hair “Fuck, Jack, I don’t knohat to do here” He turned to ht? Nohead off”

“I know”

“Then why?” he asked “Why not just go back to the casual sleeping around? The Jack we all know and love”

I sighed “Do you knohy I did that, Luke? All the sleeping around? Because I hate , the sex—it wasn’t because I liked it, it was because that’s all there was foranything for what felt like hours In reality, it was about four er I paced the length of the living room, my hands shoved in my pockets

“Look,up was a mess That’s no excuse for how I’ve treated women in the past, but I pro, funny, sets me She understands me like nobody I’ve ever met” I shook my head, not sure of what else I could say

“You better not hurt her,” Luke muttered