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“No, the sex. Oh my god, this is going to be harder than I thought.”
“Look, you can feel free to talk…I’ll get it plenty. I wasn’t born yesterday.”
She deadpans me. “That tiny purple toy of yours isn’t even close to the real thing.”
“It’s not tiny. It’s perfect for me.”
“Let me find you a perfect Charlie-candidate. And don’t worry, not someone from town. There’s this guy on Chase’s hockey team, Landon… something.”
“Landon Humphrey?” I practically shout. “He’s way out of my league.”
Her eyes flare and she growls. “No one’s out of your league.”
I give her a seductive smile. “Aww…will you go out with me?”
“Oh please, honey, I’m out of your league.” She winks.
“Can we get back to these?” I hold up the magazines we have left to rip through.
“No. I want you to say it. Tell me you haven’t thought of it.”
“Okay, yes. Obviously. But I don’t want complicated. I want to do it and never think of it again.”
She laughs. “Then Landon is soo your guy.”
“Oh great. Now, I really want to hop on that train.” I roll my eyes.
Pepper nods. “And I bet it’s a long one. Choo choo.”
I smack her playfully with a magazine.
“Okay, no more sex jokes. You should totally meet him though. Chase is having some of the team over next week for game night. I invited a few of the Ice Queens too. You have to come.”
“Meet Landon Humphrey? No.” I shake my head. I’d barely be able to talk to the guy much less have casual sex with him.
“It’ll be fine. He’s super chill.”
I nod noncommittedly. “Okay, I’ll come.”
She eyes me suspiciously. “Unless…there’s someone else you’re holding out for.”
I know exactly who she’s referring to. Hell, if she didn’t mention him, I’d question how well she truly knows me.
“It’s not about Noah,” I tell her. “And I wouldn’t hold out for someone who can’t even look at me without getting angry. Even today he furiously put the groceries back in my car like he couldn’t get me out of there fast enough.”
“Wait whoa, what?”
"He’s been having groceries delivered to my house since mom passed. But I don’t need help, especially his. So…I did what any sane, respectable person would do and drove to his house to drop it on his doorstep.
She laughs incredulously. “I would love for someone to bring me food. All Chase ever bought me before we got together was a bag of panties.”
“What?”
“Never mind.” She nudges me. “So, what happened?”
“That’s it. You know he’s a man of few words. I started rambling, he made coffee…”
“So he invited you in…”
