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‘Just try it,’ I say. ‘What’s the worst that can happen?’
‘It’ll give me food poisoning?’
‘Then you get a day off work and can binge-watchI’m a Celeb. That sounds pretty good to me.’
I read his expression. ‘It’s a British show. It’s good.’
‘As good as cups of tea and kebabs?’
‘No,’ I grin, stabbing my kebab with my fork. ‘Nothing is as good as tea and kebabs.’
I take a bite, letting out an involuntary groan, and then immediately feel myself giggle.
Nate smiles at me. ‘What?’
I shake my head, trying my best to chew and swallow the mouthful as quickly as possible so as not to choke in front of him.
‘Is it me?’ Nate laughs, looking down at himself. ‘Have I said something?’
For some reason, this makes me laugh even more. I shake my head and turn my back to him.
‘Oh God, now you can’t even look at me!’ he exclaims. ‘Am I that bad at dating? I’m just sitting here!’
I take a deep breath and swallow the mouthful of kebab. It chugs down my throat in a big, congealed blob. ‘Okay,’ I say, turning back to face him. ‘Sorry about that.’
‘Are you going to tell me what you were laughing at?’
‘No,’ I grin. ‘Try your kebab.’
He holds my gaze, challenging. ‘Not until you tell me what’s so funny.’
‘It’s nothing.’ I roll my eyes, laughing.
‘I’ll be the judge of that.’
I unscrew my bottle of Coke and take a swig. ‘Okay, fine. I was laughing at how unsexy I was, taking a huge bite of kebab and groaning like I’d never eaten before. It’s probably not the best way to behave on a first date, and it just made me laugh.’
We both look round as the door swings open and three lads bustle in.
‘I thought it was sexy.’
I’m pulled back to the moment, and I catch Nate’s eyes. I grin. ‘There isn’t a sexy way to eat a kebab.’
Nate peers down at his open carton of food questioningly. Before I can register what he’s about to do, he picks up the kebab and takes a huge bite, rolling his eyes to the back of his head and groaning. The three guys at the counter look round and I reach forward and thwack him, a squawk of laughter shooting out of me.
‘Oh my God,’ Nate manages, covering his mouth with his hand. ‘This is really chewy. How do you swallow this?’
‘You took a huge bite!’ I cry.
He holds up a hand to me and chews frantically, before eventually swallowing.
‘Okay,’ he says. ‘I get it. That wasn’t sexy.’
I beam at him, trying to work out why it felt like the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
Nate
