Page 53 of Jilted

Wilder:I’m glad you didn’t.

Sloane:What country are you in now?

Wilder:I’m back home in England finally. I can’t believe it’sonly been twelve days since I left New York. It feels like twelve months.

Sloane:Were your travels productive?

Wilder:For the most part. Your haircut looks nice, BTW.

I was shocked he’d noticed. It was only a trim.

Sloane:Thank you. You’re very observant.

Wilder:I once dated a girl who dyed her hair from blond to jet black. She wasn’t happy when I didn’t notice the change. So I think I have selective observation skills.

I smiled.

Sloane:My niece has her nose in her phone even more than usual. I’m pretty sure she and Lucas are texting nonstop.

Wilder:I took him to dinner when I got home earlier since I haven’t been around. He barely said two words he was so busy on his cell. That explains it.

Before I could type back, a second text came in.

Wilder:Will they be related when we get married? It’s been too long of a day for me to do the math on that.

I chuckled.

Sloane:Married, huh? We haven’t even had a date yet.

Wilder:Maybe it’s time we changed that…

I chewed on my fingernail, debating whether I should ask about his current dating life. A few of the photos I’d seen of him in the last week had included women—attractive ones. They could have been employees or business partners or… I wasn’t sure I wanted to know the answer. But maybe if I did, I’d stop stalking the man’s Instagram.

Sloane:Speaking of dating, are you still on your miss moratorium?

Wilder:It’s the longest I’ve been celibate since I was fifteen.

I chewed on my lip.

Sloane:How long has it been?

Wilder:29 days, 9 hours, and 11 minutes.

I laughed.

Sloane:You don’t really know the minutes and hours, do you?

Wilder:Nah. Made that part up.

I swiped over to my calendar and did a little math before responding.

Sloane:I have you beat. 251 days.

The little circles started to bounce around, then stopped before starting again.

Wilder:Wasn’t your wedding date six months ago—a hundred and eighty days from when we met last month? That would be 220.

Sloane:Yes. But we didn’t have sex for a month before the wedding. I was trying to make our wedding night special.

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