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"That's what, a few billionyears?"
"If I knew that, I'd be more confident about my chemistrygrade."
"Isn't thatphysics?"
"You really think I know the answertothat?"
He lets out a deep, sexy chuckle. It lights up hisdarkeyes.
God, his eyes are bright and they're focusedonme.
He'shappy.
To bewithme.
Toteaseme.
To do absolutely nothing importantwithme.
This is my favorite timeofday.
This is my favorite time,period.
My fiancé and I, doing nothing of particularimportance.
But it would be better if it was my husbandandme.
Ahem. "I'll be happy with C. Really. As long as I graduate, and never need to use math again, I'll behappy."
"You'll need to use math at some point inyourlife."
"You'renofun."
He nods. "Itry."
"Doyou?"
"Why do you think I was so pedantic about therecipe?"
"Because you'rebossy."
Hesmiles.
"You fucked up. I had a lot of fun." My teeth sink into my lower lip. Teasing him makes me warm everywhere. God, it really is heaven just being in the same place asheis.
"You're breaking myheart."
"Truth hurts sometimes." It's a struggle to keep up my poker face. Thank God, I've been studying acting for the last four years. Thank God, I've been spending my summers going up for auditions and doing small roles infilms.
I went full-throttle this year. Spent most of my free time working on indie features and studentfilms.
I even applied for big roles. Real roles. Roles that could actually launch acareer.
I got callbacks for halfofthem.
And two are still up intheair.
I might be the lead in afeature.
