Page 115 of The Disasters of Dating
I know she’s cute. I saw what she looked like last weekend.
Shay
You’ve seen pictures without me?
No, Evan. Don’t say it… Don’t mention the?—
Evan
No. I saw Keat kissing her on a kiss cam during the Utah football game.
Lowell
WHAT?!?!?!?
Son of a biscuit! Evan is a dead man.
Alix
PDA? Are you sure? That doesn’t sound like Keaton.
Dad
I think this discussion has gotten away from us.
I hurry and pull up the picture of Poppy and me at Solitude Lake and send it to the group.
Okay, guys. I’ve got to go. See you tonight at Dad’s!
Before I set my phone down, I see Lowell send a lips emoji to the picture of Poppy.
I drop my face in my hands and shake my head. Why didn’t I just have my dad text everyone individually?
A knock sounds on my door, and I look up to see Evan standing there.
“So about the board meeting…” He comes and settles into the chair across the desk from me. He pulls his ankle up and crosses it over his knee.
If I wasn’t worried about him being mad about the board meeting, I’d totally come uncorked on him for bringing up the kiss cam. But he has his boss face on.
“I was going to talk to you about this. All these plans just came up. But I need to be with Poppy on Saturday night. It’s important. And I didn’t see the point of flying home on Thursday night and then turning around and flying back on Saturday morning.” I tip my head to the side. “I’m trying to save the company money.”
Evan narrows his eyes at me as he crosses his arms. “How about you inform me before you save the company money and let me decide because I’m sure the days in the hotel will offset the cost of the flights?”
My eyes widen as I remember I haven’t shared that news with him. I lean back and fold my arms. “Actually, it won’t because I signed a lease on an apartment and I can take possession of it on Monday.” I pretend to drop a mic to the side of my chair. “No extra cost to you.”
“You did it, then? You pulled the trigger and got an apartment?”
I release a sigh. “Yeah. I can’t do the hotel thing anymore. It’s exhausting.”
Evan nods. “I get it.” He uncrosses his legs. “Where did you decide on?”
“Herriman,”
He nods. “Nice area.” He winks at me.
He has no idea. My apartment is only, like, ten minutes from his new house.
“Okay, so you’ll call into the board meeting?”
