Page 40 of 7 Days and 7 Nights

“Right, so how are we supposed to decide if she’s good for him?”

“She’s not.”

“How can you possibly know that.”

“You can tell she’ll be eliminated at the next rose ceremony because the producers aren’t wasting any air time on her.”

The credits started to roll, and Matt waited expectantly for the channel to change. Nothing happened. “Don’t you want to see what else is on?”

“Hmmm?”

“You’ve got the remote. Aren’t you going to check out the other channels? You could switch toLove is Blind Brazil. Or we could watch the last couple innings of the Braves game on ESPN. I think they’re playing the Mets today.”

“The next episode ofThe Bacheloris starting in less than ten seconds. Why jump all over the place?”

As the credits ended and Episode 3 began with the recap of the episode they had just watched he couldn’t take it anymore. “Are you doing this intentionally?”

“Doing what?”

“Torturing me.”

“Torturing you? All I’m doing is sitting here, waiting.”

“Exactly. This is because of the Victoria’s Secret lingerie, isn’t it?”

Olivia shook her head.

“Because I ate that veal marsala in front of you?”

“Of course not.”

“The Wonder Woman, thing?”

“Don’t you think you’re overreacting just a little bit?"

“Is it because I bet Ben you’d go ballistic the first time I left the toilet seat up?”

“You bet money on that?”

He put his hand out. “Hand over the remote or I’ll be forced to show your listeners exactly what kind of underwear I have on today.”

She stared at him as if he’d sprouted a second head.

“Look, just give me the remote and I’ll show you how to handle it properly.”

“You’re going to teach me how to use a remote?”

“We’ll have to hope it turns out better than the boxing thing. You’ve never used a remote competitively, have you?”

“This is absolutely ridiculous.”

“Hand it over.”

After a slight hesitation, she complied.

“Okay, first of all, a remote is meant to be used. What’s the point of the “skip recap” option and the “skip opening credits option” if you’re not going to use them? And why stick to one show or even one network when you have all these channels and apps to chose from?”

Olivia raised a brow suspiciously. “Okay.”

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