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“Wrenly’s my date.”
“Wrenly has plans,” I said.
“Furniture shopping for the apartment?”he asked.
I glared at him, and his pupils dilated.Was he angry, or was he thinking about living with me?My pulse tripped, and I lost my glare.
Storm witnessed our little exchange and silently snarled at me behind Bennett’s back.
“You’re both annoying,” I said, speeding up to a jog.“Go away.”
“See?”Storm said.“Wrenly doesn’t want to go.I do.”
“Wrenly made a bet with me.If she wants to win, she’ll need to go,” Bennett said.
I wished Storm would triphim.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
After five more minutes ofnagging, Storm left in a pout.
“A needle recycling center, huh?”Bennett said, jogging beside me.“Where do you come up with this stuff?”
“Years of pent-up bitterness and frustration,” I said.
“Was the school we’re not allowed to talk about really that bad?”
I shot him a look and didn’t say anything else until we reached the front door.
“I want to meet up with Sophia again today.Am I allowed to take the car, oh smothering potential mate dictator?”
His whole face twitched.
“I think that’s a precursor to an aneurysm.”
“You might be right.Yes, you can take the car into the city.Or if you’d like to catch a ride with me, I can drop you off downtown, and we can meet up after you’re done.”
“Why?So you can stare at me through windows again?”
“No.I’m hoping to meet up with someone too.”
My stomach twisted weirdly.
“Oh.That sounds nice.”
But it didn’t, and I knew he’d scented the lie when his lips curved.Rather than waiting for him to call me out on it, I retreated to my room to shower and get ready.By the time I finished, Sophia confirmed she could meet up with me downtown.
Cautiously excited for my first friend outing ever, I jogged down the stairs.Bennett was waiting at the bottom, watching me with his stoic mask in place.
My pace slowed as I neared him.
“Don’t,” he said.
“Don't what?”
“Don’t stop being happy.”
Unsure of his mood, I simply nodded and walked around him.He followed me out to the garage and opened the door to one of the fancier cars.
