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"I'd love to."
He sounded sincere and confident about his answer, and Noelle released a deep, relieved breath. She would have never wanted him to merely meet with her because she pressured him into it.
"Good. It's about time you took me on a real date," she joked.
"Where are you? I can come to you," he immediately added.
Noelle's eyes widened at his enthusiasm. Her lashes fluttered as a blush stained her cheeks.
"You're such a gentleman, aren't you?" she teased. "I live in upstate New York. What about you?"
She already knew where he was, but she couldn't lethimknow that.
"I'm in the city."
"No shit," she feigned surprise. "You're serious?"
"Yep. But first, since we're actually doing this, I have to ask something," he suddenly said, his voice serious.
Noelle drummed her fingers over her desk, her heart hammering in her chest.
"Shoot."
"Tell me you're of age. You're at least eighteen, right?"
Of course, leave it to her perfect Blue to inquire about that.
For a moment, she felt guilty that she was lying to him. From the beginning, she'd hinted at being older so he wouldn't stop talking to her. She'd never said her age outright, but he hadn't asked either. She supposed that in this case he was entitled to want to know it. But she was still lying and…
"I'm twenty," she answered before she chickened out.
What was one more lie, right? She was already hiding so much from him, a few years wouldn't matter, no? Not really, anyway.
"Thank God," he mumbled under his breath.
"What was that?"
"Nothing. I'm happy that issue is out of the way," he chuckled.
Noelle felt a pang of disappointment in her heart. She hated that she was doing this, but she was aware that if Blue knew her real age he would never entertain a relationship with her—much more than what she had in mind.
He would probably never talk to her again, much less sleep with her as she'd wanted.
"Good. Then we could set something up soon. I'll be in the country until the end of the year, so we need to do it before that," she reminded him again, emphasizing she didn't have much time.
"Why don't you go ahead and set a date and I'll make it happen," Blue offered.
Noelle's palms were clammy with excitement at his words.
"Next week? I can do Friday afternoon. We can meet in the city since I have a class there," she added vaguely.
"There's this café we could go to. It's pretty popular and this way you shouldn't feel uncomfortable."
Noelle couldn't help but melt as Blue continued to talk, detailing all the features of this café so she would know what to expect. She realized he was afraid he would make her uncomfortable and wanted to assure her it was the last thing he wanted.
"You're really sweet, you know that?" The words slipped from her mouth before she could stop herself.
But he was. He was so, so very sweet that she couldn't wait to finally meet him. She'd show him in person just how much he touched her—how much his presence in her life had made a difference.
