Page 97 of Butterfly Effect

Me

I’ll eat with them before

Three dots bounce on the screen.

Freckles

Fine. Where?

Me

My place

Freckles

Hmmm. Depends on what you’re ordering.

Me

No takeout

Me

I’ll make you dinner

The dots flicker faster this time.

Freckles

Are you gonna poison me?

Me

And kill off the best pussy I’ve ever had? Not a chance

Freckles

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Me

It got you into bed with me

Me

I’ll take my chances

Me

Just say yes

The next moment feels like forever.

Freckles

Yes.

I hurl myself into the air, dropping the phone onto the bed and raising my arms overhead in victory. “Yes!” One hand clasps the tuck of my towel while I do a little jig, then collapse back-first onto the mattress, checking my phone once more. I sigh and clutch the phone to my heart. “She said yes.”

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