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Her arh “I love you too, Leland I’ you two years ago”

Her tone was teasing, but I felt a punch of guilt that occasionally popped up to remind et her to dinner—that had been an obvious ploy, and she liked to give uilt was because no matter how much I tried to make up for it, I hadn’t confessed the real reason I’d asked her out in the first place Or the fact that I’d been helping Danny keep her best friend single for two years

But like always, I shoved the feeling away and focused on the truth I loved Olivia e that

Not without a hell of a fight

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Olivia

After the stress of finals andmore than to sleep in until noon—preferably cuddled up naked in bed with Leland Unfortunately, neither of those things was possible inperson, whichvacations

Dragging in a deep breath through my nose, the scent of bacon filled et a hoing my butt out of bed so early

I tossed on a sweatshirt and pulled a pair of fuzzy socks overout of my bedroom and downstairs to the kitchen Myup so bacon on the stove “Good ”

Mywidened when she noticed the word “taken” stretched across my chest in all capital letters “Nice sweatshirt”

“That boy” My dad shook his head even as his lips curved up at the edges

My lanced at him over her shoulder “You’re just mad that he came up with the idea first”