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He quickly tears into the treat, chomping down on the desert while reading his fortune.
“Ooo, mine says ‘a new friend will make you smile’…it’s true—Bash makes me smile! What’s yours say?”
I open mine and chuckle. “An adversary at work becomes cooperative.”
Wyn snorts. “How cliché.”
“What’s yours say?”
She tears into the plastic, snaps the cookie in half, and gives it to her son while unfolding the slip of paper.
Her gaze scans the words as an unreadable expression flits across her face.
“Well?”
“It, ah, says ‘When love comes knocking, always open the door’.”
We stare at one another, her fortune hanging in the air between us.
“My fortune was the best,” Jake announces, dispelling some of the tension.
Wyn ruffles his hair. “It was. I’m glad you have a new friend who makes you smile.”
He hugs his mom before running off, calling to me to come help him build.
“On my way,” I yell after him, but I linger for a moment on the couch with my sawolkeh. “Some fortune.”
“Indeed. I wish it said I was getting a new fridge instead.”
“You know, a colleague once told me that you’re supposed to add ‘in bed’ after your fortune. He was very drunk, so I’m not sure how reliable the information was.”
Wyn laughs. “So your real fortune is ‘an adversary at work becomes cooperative in bed’? It does sound familiar.”
Heat flares to life inside of me—heat reflected in the depths of Wyn’s gaze.
She sits down next to me, moving closer as if we’re two magnets drawn to one another.
And then her lips are on mine, whisper soft and perfect.
I cup her cheeks, pulling her even closer as I drink down her fire and passion.
It’s only when Jake hollers something from his room that we spring apart like guilty teens.
“Oops,” I mumble, and Wyn shoves at my chest playfully.
“Troublemaker.”
“That’s the definition of a Boggart, deoring.”
“I believe it. Go build with Jake. It’s almost his bedtime.”
She goes back to the kitchen, and I walk down the narrow hall with only three doors.
One is open, and I hear Jake snapping together Legos.
Pausing outside, I whip out my phone and make a split-second decision.
I order Wyn a new fridge.
