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“Yeah?”
“Of course. I’ve been wanting to set you up for ages. And look at you. You’re practically glowing.”
I laughed. “Well, I doubt I’m glowing. But…you really think it’s okay? That I’m dating her?”
“Why wouldn’t it be?” Tanner held up his hand. “Whatever you’re thinking right now, cut it out. You’re allowed to be happy, Matt. You’re allowed to live your life. You only get one. It’s over in the blink of an eye. You’ve already wasted enough years being miserable. This is a good thing.”
I nodded. “I am happy.”
“Champagne!” Tanner yelled. “Champagne for everyone!”
“You don’t need to do that.”
“Actually, you’re doing it, because you’re paying.”
I opened my mouth to protest, but then closed it.Fuck it.“Champagne for everyone!” I yelled.
The restaurant started cheering.
“Oooh, they cheer when they’re surprised,” Tanner said. “I like that.” He jotted it down in his notebook and then looked back up at me. “So Kennedy is fine with your ruse with Poppy?”
“Kennedy doesn’t exactly know about that. Yet. I need to tell her. I’m just trying to figure out how.”
Tanner sighed. “Sabotaging it from the very beginning, are we? Not on my watch. We won’t leave until we have a plan, you have my word.”
“Good. Because I really don’t want to screw this up.”
“I have one condition for my help though. You have to give me your word that I can meet Kennedy before you sleep with her.”
“No problem. We’re taking things slow.” Kennedy wanted to be swept off her feet like she was in a Disney movie. I wasn’t a prince. But I knew how to make her laugh. And I had a few ideas to keep a smile on her beautiful face.
Matchmaker - Chapter 35
Thursday
“You really don’t need to come with me,” I said as Tanner and I exited the elevator on James’ floor. “It’s kind of a private conversation.”
Tanner slapped me on the back. “There is no privacy between best friends. Besides, it’s on the way home. And I hate sitting in the car.”
Fair enough.I knocked on James’ door.
A second later, Scarlett opened it.
What the actual fuck?“Scarlett we talked about this. You’re not supposed to answer the door alone.”
She blinked up at me. “It was another accident.”
“Scarlett, you’re in big trouble…”
“Nuh uh, Uncle Matt.You’rein big trouble. Mommy said so.”
“Your mom said that?”
Scarlett nodded and then looked over at Tanner. “She talked about you too, Mr. Tanner.”
Tanner smiled. “Am I in trouble too?”
“No. She said you and Uncle Matt were…” Scarlett scrunched her face up as she thought. “I didn’t know the word. And I forgot it.”
