Page 143 of The Arrogant One

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“I haven’t stopped thinking about it since I left. Neither has Bryn. We’ve literally been texting about it nonstop.”

“Sadie—”

“In this moment, right here, I’m not Sadie. I’m Dear Foodie. And I’m telling you that you have an absolute treasure in Toro. There’s nothing like it. There won’t ever be anything like it.”She stroked her thumb over my lips. “I had a meal that I will never forget, and those are the words that are getting published tomorrow. I didn’t write from my heart, I wrote from my experience. I didn’t write as Sadie, your girlfriend—soon-to-be live-in girlfriend. I wrote as Dear Foodie, and I’ve never published anything more honest in my life.”

“Baby …” I searched her eyes, pulling her against me so there was only air between us, and as I held her face to mine, positioning my lips over hers, I whispered, “I love you. Sadie, that is. Dear Foodie—she’s all right.” I chuckled. “But it’s this side of you that I’ve fallen for. This side who I’m going to spend forever with. This side who’s going to be my wife.”

Walker

I FUCKING LOVE HER.

Eden

I told you!

Beck

It’s posted? Already?

Me

I’ve never seen a review like this one … holy fuck!

Beck

Dude, I’m reading it now. She’s obsessed with Toro. I’m blown the hell away by what she wrote.

How are reservations?

Eden

Coming in by the truckload. I’m worried the system is going to crash.

Me

I hope it does. That’ll just earn us more press.

Colson

“There are meals that leave you satisfied, and then there are meals that leave an impression, like the vows at a wedding, something you think back on. Something you know you’re never going to forget. Toro was that. A moment that I would like to relive weekly. And I will be—reliving it weekly, that is. It was THAT impressive.”

DAMN.

Me

Dear Foodie, we love you hard.

Eden

I’ll second that.

Colson

Third.

Beck

Fourth.

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