Page 138 of The Fake Out Flex

Besides, I have another matter to raise with her.

A much more important one.

"You feeling all right?" she asks me after placing her order with the server.

"Yeah. Just have to put this game behind me and focus on what's next."

"That's a good attitude."

"Easier said than done, but I'm trying. Hey, listen, I need your help with something. Something big."

She smiles mischievously. "Okay. Is it about you-know-who?"

"Well, if by you-know-who you mean Oprah, then no. Although, I am a fan of hers, and I admire how she uses her platform to empower women and advocate for social justice. However, if by you-know-who you mean…" I lower my voice. "Evie? Then yes. You're correct."

Her smile deepens. "She's really rubbing off on you," she teases, taking a jibe at my babbling.

"She is." I look over my shoulder, double checking that Evie hasn't snuck up behind us, but nope, she's got her phone out, and judging by the look on Culver's face, I'd say she's going through a play-by-play dissection of tonight's game with him.

Good.

I mean, not good for Culver—the guy looks like he'd rather be getting a root canal—but good for me.

This has to remain a secret.

I turn back to Hannah. "This stays between us."

"As always."

"I want Evie to be completely and utterly surprised."

"Of course."

"The something big I have in mind is…Are you able to procure one thousand yellow roses?"

She lets out a gasp, covering her mouth with her hand. "Oh, my gosh, Fraser! Are you going to propo?—?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold your horses," I cut in.

I haven't even asked Evie to be my girlfriend; it's way too early to ask her to be my wife. That's definitely on my radar, but not just yet.

"What I have in mind is something different."

"Okay, okay," she says, recovering. "Different how?"

"Well, it's more of a business thing."

"A business thing?"

"Yeah. As you know, Evie's in a tricky place with the network."

Hannah's face falls. "I don't get why people aren't obsessed with her segments. I am."

"Same. They're the best thing about that show."

"One hundred percent agree."

"Since Evie doesn't know what her future holds, I have an idea for something else she might like to do. It's something she'd be great at and she's wanted to do but has never taken the risk. I'm hoping this might help her."

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