Page 36 of Bearly in Love

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He lifted his hands in surrender. A moment later, a message came through the phone, telling me it had been disconnected from his computer.

“You’re good,” he said.

“Thanks.”

I looked back at the screen and typed out a quick answer.

Me

Ridiculously decent

And obnoxious

But mostly, decent

Vera

Ooooh. Has there been sex?

Me

Technically, no

Sage

Technically?

Vera

OOOOH.

Send a picture

Me

I’m not sending a picture

Vera

I’m stalking your brother on social media as we speak. Artie, right?

Sage

Artie the Asshat, if I remember correctly

Me

That is the title he deserves to go by, yes

Vera

Looks like his BFF is Bo Stevenson

YUMMM

She sent a photo into the chat. It was an old picture of Bo. He was bigger now. And sexier. But I wasn’t going to say that.

Me

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