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“Then, what did last night really mean to you?” I ask again.
“It was the first time I’ve ever told anyone about where I really came from,” he says. “I confided in a woman who made me feel safe, but I knew I couldn’t trust her, so I panicked and pushed her away before she could abandon me again.”
I blink twice. “Oh.”
He exhales hard. “Yeah.”
My heart twinges.
Nice going, Paige.
I furrow my brow in confusion. “So, you wanted me to leave?” I ask.
He squints for a moment. “What?”
“You pushed me away. I left. And now you’re mad at me for leaving?”
“No.” He shifts on his toes with his face contorted in thought. “No. You pushed me away.”
“I thought no one has to know scribbled on a bar napkin meant exactly that.”
“Then, why do that to me last night if spending the night together meant more to you than that? ”he asks.
“I don’t know,” I stutter. “I thought it’d be a nice, romantic callback.”
“To the night you got dumped and used me for sex?”
“I didn’t—” I bite down hard. “I wasn’t expecting you to catch feelings for me, Oliver.”
“I didn’t catch feelings for you,” he argues.
“But you wanted to see me again?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know.” He shrugs. “For more sex?”
“Then, last night was just a casual fuck to you?”
“No,” he says.
What the fuck is happening?
I hold my breath. “Do you have feelings for me now, Oliver?” I ask.
Blunt.
Almost business-like.
“Do you have feelings for me now?” he replies, avoiding it.
I put my hands together. “Okay, we’ll answer at the same time. Yes or no? Count of three. One. Two. Three.”
“Yes,” we answer together.
“Then, we both want the same thing?” I ask excitedly.
