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She has too much integrity to be able to lie like that.
Her boyfriend, Cooper, apparently, does not.
God, she deserves better.
So much better.
She deserves a guy who would put her up on a pedestal just so he could kneel at her feet and spend every hour of every day worshiping her.
I’d spend my days making her smile and my nights making her moan.
That’s what I would have done if she was mine.
But Lottie isn’t mine.
She’s his.
And I’m on a date with Riley Griffin.
Fuck my life.
“Hey, keep up. Don’t want to lose you.” She smiles over her shoulder as we continue our hike up the hill.
Hiking around the Blue Hills Reservation on a sunny winter morning would usually be right up my alley. It would be just the thing I needed to relax after the grueling game we had with the Pittsburgh Patriots last night.
But my heart is just not in it.
Still, I flash Riley a lukewarm smile and pretend to do my best to catch up with her.
I say pretend because there’s no way I want to hike side by side with her.
If I do that, she’ll see how miserable I am on this date, and that just won’t do.
The last thing I want is for Riley to tell Lottie what an awful time she had with me today. If she did that, then Lottie would undoubtedly be disappointed in me. She’d probably end up thinking that all the time and effort she put into helping me out was all for nothing.
Or worse.
She could end up thinking that the only reason why I was unable to show Riley a good time was because I was pining over her and that kiss.
That can’t happen.
I would rather Lottie be proud of me for trying to actually put myself out there on a date, than her believing I didn’t just because I’m secretly in love with her. Though it’s the truth, I’d be fucking mortified if she connected the dots before I had the chance to tell her myself.
God, I miss her.
It’s only been a couple of days since Piper’s birthday party, and I already miss her beautiful face.
Knock it off, Nate.
She doesn’t want you. If she did, then you wouldn’t be on a fucking date, now would you?
So put your head in the game, and man the fuck up.
Remember, you’re the one who signed up for this.
No use complaining about it now.
Right.
