Page 156 of Finding Us

“Yeah, it’s a big menu. And the place is right on the water. There’s a steakhouse next to it if you want that instead. I can’t think of the name, but I’ll text you later with it.”

“Great. Thanks.”

“Taking the wife out for dinner?” He chuckles.

“My dad’s coming to town and he wants to take us out.”

“Hey, I heard your name being called at that ice cream place. You’re not Kensington as intheKensington, are you?”

I hesitate, not sure if I should tell him. But he’ll find out one way or another. “Yeah, I’mthatKensington.”

“Shit, really? What the hell are you doing going to Camsburg? I mean, it’s a good school and all, but it’s not exactly Yale. Didn’t your dad go to Yale?”

I nod, even though he can’t see me. “Yeah.”

“And Harvard business school, right?”

“You got a crush on my dad or something? You seem to know a lot about him.”

“I’m just impressed. That’s all. I’m a business major. I follow business leaders and your dad’s someone I really admire. You think I could meet him while he’s in town?”

“I don’t think so. He’s not here for very long.”

“Okay, well, enjoy the restaurant. Oh, and your wife—Jade, was that her name?”

“Yeah. What about her?”

“Fucking hot.”

I see the shocked look on Jade’s face.

“Thanks. See ya, Kyle.”

I hang up and Jade laughs. “He thinks I’m hot? I didn’t even put makeup on today. He must’ve just said that to get you to be friends with him.”

“You’re hot, Jade. This isn’t the first time a guy’s told me this.”

“Who else said it?”

“Practically every guy at Moorhurst.”

“You’re lying.” She leans over and kisses my cheek. “But thank you. That’s sweet.”

“I’m serious. After a while I told them to shut the hell up. I don’t like other guys checking you out, saying you’re hot. They knew you were mine, so they shouldn’t have been saying that shit.”

“If that many guys thought I was hot, why didn’t anyone ever ask me out during our break-up?”

“Because they knew I’d kick their ass. After Nic asked you out, I made it clear that no other guy was to ask you out.”

“You did? They must’ve thought you were some possessive psycho.”

“I didn’t give a shit what they thought. I didn’t want them bothering you.”

“You could’ve told me that. Here I thought the Moorhurst guys had no interest in me. I wondered why not one guy besides Nic and Carson ever asked me out.”

“Carson asked you out?”

“He said it wasn’t a date, but he invited me to dinner and a movie. Everyone knows that’s a date. I turned him down, of course.”

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