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“You don’t have to. You can stay. I can even just, like, go in the house and you can chill here alone of you want.” Anything to get her to stay. Hell, she could use me as a footstool if it would get her to stay.
“You don’t have to do that, Paige.” She got up and walked toward the door to go back through the house and out to her car.
“I have cake,” I said, in a last-ditch effort. Like that was going to work.
She turned slowly and raised one eyebrow. “Cake?”
“Yeah. It’s from Sweet’s.” There was always some form of cake in my house, whether in the fridge or the freezer. Having Linley as a best friend had many perks.
“What kind?” she asked.
“It’s their classic double chocolate hazelnut cake. You’re not allergic to nuts, are you?”
She shook her head slowly, a smile forming. “Nope. And chocolate is one of my main food groups.”
“As it should be,” I agreed. “Want some?”
She held up a finger. “One piece.”
