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“And you don’t feel like I’ve been pressuring you? Me owning the pub doesn’t make you feel uncomfortable?”
“If you pressured me any less, I’d float away. Stop thinking about it and come kiss me or something.”
It’s a joke, but Jack doesn’t laugh. He’s quiet for so long, I pull the phone from my ear just to check he hasn’t hung up on me.
“Jack?”
“Okay.”
I pause with the cat toy in my hand. “Okay...”
“I’m coming to kiss you.”
I sit up so fast I see stars. “You are?”
“If that’s okay.”
“Yes. That’s... fine. Great!” I catch sight of my reflection in the oven door. Pajama pants. Mismatched fuzzy socks. A hoodie I found at the back of Jack’s closet. Hair pineappled on top of my head. If Jack leaves Nina and Ollie’s place now, he’ll be here in five minutes. Well, this is what he gets for finally deciding to kiss me at one in the morning.
On the other end of the call, I hear the jingle of Jack’s keys and the soft thud of a door closing. “I’ll see you in a few, yeah?”
“Um... yeah,” I say.
“Grand.”
When Jack hangs up, I stare at the phone for a few moments.Jack is coming over here to kiss me.
I look at Sebastian. “Floofs, he’s coming over here to kiss me.”
Sebastian yawns.
I get to my feet and race downstairs, where I keep my gaze out the window.
When Jack appears a few minutes later, I don’t think I’ve ever opened a door quicker in my life.
As soon as I see him, I can’t keep from smiling. He looks like he rolled out of bed too. Hair messy. Gray pajama pants under his black coat. “Hi.”
“Hi.”
I’m not sure what to do next. Am I supposed to do something? How is this supposed to work? I didn’t think this through. Really, it was just a silly comment.
“Is that my jumper?” he says.
I tug the sleeves of his hoodie over my hands. “I found it in your closet. It smells like you.”
Jack laughs. “What do I smell like?”
“Like an Urban Outfitters.”Oh my God, why do I even have a mouth?
Jack leans against the wall. “What?”
“I mean, you smell like an Urban Outfitterslooks.”
“Andhowwould you describe what an Urban Outfitters looks like?”
“I don’t know... interesting.” I can’t think when he’s here to kiss me.
“I’m not sure ifinterestingis a good thing when it comes to smells.”
