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It rang five times before his rumpled sandy blond hair appeared on screen He was one of the basketball players at UW I’d helped survive the first day of fresh him why he was so tall

Literally, that was their pick-up line

I told hih that day was to pretend to be my boyfriend so I could scare them off

Worked like a charm

And I inherited a gorgeous, tatted-up athlete who actually kept it in his pants and liked na more than he liked me

Boys

“Why?” was all he said when he answered Not hey, or what’s up, how’s Korea? You alive? Just… why?

I smiled

“Oh, hell” He wiped his hands down his bronzed face “I hate that smile I nearly went to prison because of that smile”

“He exaggerates” I waved hih

“No” Kevin’s green eyes narrowed in despair “He Does Not”

“So, we need your help,” I said quickly before he hung up When he paused, I added, “You owe me Remember?”

Ah, I had missed it when his face paled like that

Think I had a Polaroid of it so up

This was going to be great

I just knew it

Finally, I had a chance to help them, a real chance

Chapter Fourteen

Incognito… kind of

Grace

“Do you even knohat ti me at 3 am!”

I shrugged “Sorry, failedout?”

“You were a TA for noring my compliment “What do you need, and what’s this about a favor? I distinctly remember—”

“Oh good, so you do reoldfish froirlfriends because you were too chickenshit to do it yourself, went to your nana’s two-day-long birthday party, and bailed you out of jail…” He opened his , I announced, “Thrice”

“Thrice isn’t a word”

“It is…” Rae chimed in “Actually”

Kevin’s eyes narrowed “Why are you with sothe calculations in his head and getting more panicked by the second “Should I call the police? Should I be worried? Oh hell, are you a sugar baby now?”