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I cover my mouth to muffle my snort. “I’m serious, Koen. I can’t move in with you now. He will never look at me the same way.”
“So … you’re more concerned about the way he looks at you than you are about the way I love you?”
“That’s not fair. Our living together shouldn’t change how you feel about me.”
“It changes my proximity to be able tofeelyou.”
Again, I suppress my giggles. I need him to be serious. “I am a sacred cow. I think we should wait.”
“Wait to move in? You can’t be serious.”
“And I think we should wait to have sex.”
He laughs. “Newsflash. We’ve had sex. And how would he know?”
“He’ll see it on my face. I’m glowing after we have sex.”
“You’re always glowing, Scottie.”
I blush. “You’re just saying that so I’ll have sex with you.”
“No. I’m saying it because it’s true. But if it makes you lose your inhibitions, who am I to object?”
“What about your mom?”
“I’d prefer she not lose her inhibitions.”
I sit on the stool and spin in a circle. “But your grandpa?—”
“Lives in la-la land. I humor him when I can. But this is too much. Listen, I gotta get back to work. We move forward as planned. We don’t have to tell him we’re living together.”
“For the record,you’rethe one who told him.”
“He asked me how things were going between us, and I told him you’re moving in with me.”
“And he took it that we’re getting married.”
“Well, that’s on him. Love you. Gotta go. Bye.”
“Bye.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
I WAS TOO NEARSIGHTED TO SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE AND TOO FARSIGHTED TO SEE WHAT WAS RIGHT BEFORE ME.
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“DidScottie tell you I asked her to move in with me?” Koen asks, jogging on the treadmill while I walk at an incline next to him for our warm-up before we lift weights.
“She might have mentioned it.”
“Don’t act like she doesn’t tell you every fucking little thing.”
Koen and I are over two months into our workout bromance, but he still has an angry tone when he references my relationship with Scottie. Maybe he needs a hug.
“Not acting. What’s your point?”
“My grandpa found out, and today she called it off because he mentioned his disapproval of the idea because he’s old-fashioned. Since when did Scottie give a shit what other people think?”
