Page 93 of How to Win the Girl

For me.

And now that I’ve lost both of them, my heart…

Is a little bruised.

twenty-six

drake

Single? No, I’m not single. I’m in a relationship with my freedom.

“Dude,I think she’s my soulmate.”

“Did you just saydudeandsoulmatein the same sentence?”

My twin brother laughs, standing at the sink in the bathroom brushing his teeth, mouth full of foam.

He spits. “Yeah.”

“You just met her.”

Drew shrugs, brushing his straight white teeth in circles, talking about the toothbrush. “So? That’s the best part about soulmates—they don’t have to make sense. They just…” His sentence trails off as he searches for the perfect, poetic word. “Are.”

I had to wait those five seconds forthat? “That makes no sense either.”

He ignores me, wiping his mouth with the hand towel and skirting around my frame, which is blocking the door.

“Anyway, I wanted to thank you.”

I scowl. “For what.”

“Introducing me to Daisy.”

I frown harder. “I didn’t introduce you to Daisy.”

“You get what I’m saying. If you had listened to me and left it alone, she and I never would have met.” He’s not concerned with the details, nor does he seem bothered by the circumstances behind the situation.

It’s uncharacteristic of my usually detail-oriented brother. Normally, he’d be asking a million questions and second-guessing me.

“Never say never,” I say. “You’re in the same class. You were bound to bump into each other eventually.”

Again, he is not fazed.

“Eh. We’ve been in that class for weeks and never set eyes on each other. We probably wouldn’t have crossed paths.”

“But you’re soulmates,” I remind him.

He brightens up. “Yeah, you’re probably right. I would have found her eventually.” Drew sighs, and I can hear it all the way from his room.

I wish he would stop acting like this wasn’t a big deal and stop acting like—

“Hey. Why were you pretending you already knew her? That makes no sense.” It’s the one thing I can’t figure out.

“What do you mean? Wasn’t that your plan?”

Yes.

“No. You were supposed to chat with her in the app and go on the date with her yourself.” I was not supposed to be part of the equation.

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