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But Ezra.
My heart dropped to my feet. Would this mean no more Ezra? Well duh, it’s not like we’d live as a throuple.
“You okay?” He asked.
“YUP!” I said too enthusiastically. “This was lovely, thank you.”
He leaned in, hesitated, and then pressed a kiss to my forehead. “Get home safe.”
He walked away leaving me breathless and anxious. When I checked my phone it had two missed calls from Ezra and a dozen or so texts.
How did it go?
Are you alive?
Blink twice.
Seriously though, are you okay?
Are they filming everything?
Damn it, I should have gone.
Guard the treasure God gave you! I mean I know you gave it away years ago but guard it again! SECONDARY VIRGINITY IS A THING!
What the hell was with him in the all caps? I smiled all the way home and when I got to my house expecting him to be waiting with popcorn the lights were off, he was sitting on the couch laptop in hand, glasses back on.
“I’m back!” I announced.
He held up his hand for an air high five. “You lived.”
“I did!” I said excitedly walking over to him. “So it was crazy I was?—”
“—Sorry.” He yawned, “Sorry, I’m just, not feeling that great, I swear I’ll hear all about it in the morning, okay?”
He got up from the couch and leaned over like he was going to kiss my forehead, instead he stared down at it, and backed up then went into the guest room and shut the door quietly behind him.
What the hell was that?
CHAPTER
TWENTY-THREE
EZRA
…look, it’s just weird that you burped, like what would make me want to kiss you if you burp? It just makes me imagine all the other disgusting things you do with your body when it should be my temple, you feel?
—James
He sent me the footage on purpose. Graham was a fucking bastard.
He wanted my reaction, so I did the opposite—I didn’t react at all. Not to him, anyway. Stone face. No reaction. Totally fine.
Did I check my phone every five minutes to see if she’d texted? Yes.
Did I panic when my calendar alert for my morning meeting went off because I thought it was her? Yes.
Did I drop my phone in my beer because of it? …Almost.
