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I didn’t want hi Coen here didn’t see here, that would be a step in the direction of letting him into Parker’s life as well I didn’t care that he’d met ParkerI was already over what had happened this ; but I wasn’t ready for him to be here yet And if ent out and happened to run into my parents or their friends, I would never hear the end of it Mythe second she knew his na someone into Parker’s life

"Sure?"

"I’o out"

"Okay," he said carefully "Well, yeah, you’re more than welcoht, we’ll order so with the ends of my hair for a few seconds before I said, "This isn’t a date"

"Of course not," he said, his tone aht" A very, very bad distraction

He gaveup, and I ran into a pants and shirt, since that’s what he’d seen me in earlier and I didn’t want him to think I’d dressed for him But another wanted to look likethrough three outfits, I settled on a pair of short black shorts and a light gray off-­the-­shoulder shirt Casual, and comfyand hopefully I didn’t look like I had tried as hard as I did to look both With a quick touch-­up to rabbed my phone, purse, and keys and leftthere instead

During the ten-­minute drive there, I tried to make myself turn around the entire ti to o back ho jeans and another black shirt, I almost turned around and walked away

Such a bad idea

"You look beautiful" His dark eyes slowly raked over ain

"This isn’t a date," I rehed

"And you still can’t take a coive "

I stood there for a few seconds before barely turning back toward his driveway "Maybe I should--­"

Coen grabbedthe door behind us "Stop second-­guessing everything You wanted a distraction, and I’ to have our it’s-­not-­a-­date-­it’s-­a-­distraction night, and you’re going to learn how to relax"