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I was the one touching Hazel’s face.
My thumb stroking her cheek.
She reached up and pulled my hand away.
Okay, love. Boundaries are set. So what the fuck are we doing here?
“You don’t want to go home,” I said. “You don’t want to be there alone. It’s because of what you told me.”
“And what if that were true, Atlas?”
I turned and opened the passenger door to my beast of a vehicle.
I shook my head.
I had no idea what the fuck I was thinking.
I guess I was taking Hazel back to my place for a little bit.
“Want me to cook you something?”I offered as she began to walk through my apartment. “Make sure I meet the demands of this date for everyone involved.”
She looked back at me. She lifted her small left middle finger.
“This place is like a mansion,” she said. “It’s just… big. Open. Wow.”
“It’s an overpriced apartment, love,” I said. “I didn’t even get to pick it out. My agent did. I normally don’t really care where I live.”
“Why not?”
“I don’t stay long,” I said. “I bounce around.”
Alison spun around. “Wait a second. You don’t have a home? A house? You don’t actually live somewhere?”
“No,” I said.
“How…”
“Everyone is different. I don’t think you’re much different than me. You packed up and moved here.”
“For good reason.”
“Me getting paid millions isn’t a good enough reason?” I asked.
“So you’re the kind of guy who cares about money?”
“I didn’t say that.”
“You move from team to team for money,” she said.
“Maybe I moved here to meet you, love.”
Hazel threw her head back and laughed.
When she did, I watched the way her mouth opened. The way her nose wrinkled up. I even noted the way she snorted at the end of her laugh. I wasn’t sure if that was because she was drunk or that’s how she always laughed.
“That was so fake,” she said.
“Of course it was,” I said. “I don’t believe in any of that stuff, Hazel. Fate and romance and all that.”
