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While he chatted with a couple of men who’d approached him, I checked my phone and found a slew of texts from Chloe.
Chloe: Did he like the dress?
Chloe: How’s the party?
Chloe: Have you guys had sex yet?
Chloe: Seriously. How’s it going?
Me: It’s huge and very impressive.
Chloe: Please tell me you’re talking about his penis.
Me: No, dirty bird. Party is on WB lot, impressive and winetastic. My date is hot and is yet to show me his penis.
Chloe: Aww. You guys are so old-fashioned. I love you guys.
Me: Go back to watching Netflix.
Chloe: We’re both working on our laptops in bed actually. Naked. With vodka tonics.
Me: You’re my heroes.
When I looked up again, I followed Theo’s gaze. He was watching a young woman who was making the rounds, hand-in-hand with an attractive guy. She had lilac-colored hair, looked half-Japanese, super cool and 1000% gorgeous.
He quickly looked back over to me just when the couple saw him and started heading our way. He calmly said to me: “You’re about to meet someone that I once dated.”
Carly.He didn’t even have to tell me.
“All you need to know is that we dated up in the Bay Area for a few weeks and when I ended things I introduced her to this guy she’s with now, because I thought they’d get along and now they’re engaged. So don’t be weird.”
“Sodon’tdo The Robot?” I assembled my face in the least weird expression I could manage and didn’t take a bite of food because I didn’t need to meet one of his former sex partners with food between my teeth or on my blouse.
“How did we not run into you at the conference, bro?” The guy shook hands with Theo while still holding hands with his fiancée, who was smiling at me, wide-eyed and fascinated.
“I didn’t even know you guys were in town.”
“I thought I texted you.”
“Did you?” He leaned in and gave Carly a quick peck on the cheek. “Hey you, good to see you.” Quickly stepping back to me, he rested his arm around my shoulder. “This is Grandma—uh—Gemma Kelly. We live together. This is Carly and Sean from the Bay Area.”
“Oh hi!” Carly held out her hand and seemed genuinely happy to meet me. “It’s so nice to meet you.”
“Hi,” I said. “You’re stunning.”
“Oh my God,” she laughed and covered her face. “Thank you, that’s so sweet.”
Sean shook my hand as Carly kept talking.
“When did you two move in together?”
I side-glanced Theo, waiting for him to answer.
He rubbed my back. “When we were still at USC.”
I watched as she processed this.
“We just started dating recently,” he quickly added.
