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I knew not co clean after our first date would bite me in the ass, but I’d buriedidiot

I didn’t have a response for Olivia right away because everything she’d said was true Granted, my relationship with her had beco tabs on Delia had become a side benefit Maybe I should lead with that

“Baby—”

“Don’t you babyfire

I blinked a few tinificent she looked when she was all worked up

“Baby,” I said firgers she was glaring atup details on Delia But I already enjoyed your company, so I knee could have a fun date Then—”

“You kept it up to be Danny’s inforlancing at the door cautiously—“with me just a perk?”

I closed the distance between us in two steps and grasped her biceps “You have that backward, Olivia It only took a few minutes for me to fall for you and for our relationship to become real The shit with Delia was the perk And despite what you just heard; you know me better than to think that I would casually fuck you” I considered telling her about the engage I’d ordered, but I didn’t have the actual jewelry and I’d left the receipt at home so Olivia wouldn’t accidentally find it And I paid cash All of which I was kickingit up to get out of the grave I’d dug for myself

Olivia ripped her ar her biceps as if she were cold “I don’t know anything anymore”