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Oh, my god. He heard that. He heard it all. He heard…
“You heard me?”
His breathing gets rougher on the other end.
“Lucas?”
“Yeah. Oh, fuck.”
I drop the phone like a hot potato and cover my mouth.
He heard me.
Chapter33
Allie
I avoided Lucas the rest of the weekend. He came over and took Jadon for a few hours so I could catch up with Charity. She has blue hair now. Well, blue underneath and her sandy blond on top again.
She hasn’t seen her brother, and I am no longer waiting for him.
This is abandonment. He obviously doesn’t care, so neither do I.
I came into the office this morning to a bouquet of flowers in a vase on my desk and a bunch of balloons that sayCongratulations!on them. The vase has long stemmed red roses in it. They’re pretty…
There’s a note and I’ve been holding it for a while. I’m not sure if I want to know who it’s from but that’s just absurd, isn’t it?
Immediately, I figure that one out.
Congratulations on a self-induced O. Happy to help you push your buttons again, or push them for you. And yes, I heard and I hope to hear it again. Soon.
“What are those for?” John, the principal and my boss, comes out of his office and reaches for the card before I snatch it back.
He lifts his brows but doesn’t say anything.
“Uh…” I know my cheeks are blushing or something, and I probably look like one of those giddy idiots over this. “I finished my summer class.”
“Oh, congratulations,” John smiles and pokes at one of the colorful balloons that has a remote shape and image on it. I didn’t even know they made those. “If I knew, I would have brought you balloons, too. You want me to grab you something? I could get you a celebratory cake.”
Oh my god, no. “No, that’s fine. Thank you, John.”
“Alright.” He’s in tan shorts and has some kind of sporty polo on. “I’ll be watching the team this morning. Call my cell if you need anything.”
He’s going to be around Lucas…
“Okay. See you.”
He leaves the office and heads for the field, I assume.
I look back at the card from Lucas once more before holding it to the tip of my nose. I need to get rid of this stupid feeling. I’m too obvious.
He is the worst guy friend ever. Guy friends don’t listen to a girl press her buttons and then proceed to… well, stroke his own, I guess.
The footsteps in the hall grab my attention, and I wonder if it’s Lucas coming to see if I got his “gift.”
With a big goofy grin on my face and a stupid racing heart, I don’t know what to say, but I’m sure I’ll just fumble my way through it.
Ted walks in and my face falls while my heart plummets.
