Page 78 of Infatuated as They Come
“A Leo. Leos always work so hard. Jay is a Leo too. His birthday is one day before Sawyer’s, did you know that?”
My star sign knowledge was relatively sparse, but if Sawyer was a Leo, that would mean his birthday was sometime in July or August. That meant it had already come and gone.
“When’s Jay’s birthday?” I asked, and I could see Audrey sending me a little frown. I knew what she was thinking. It should have been easy enough to work out Jay’s birthday since I should have known my boyfriend’s birthday.
“July tenth,” she said sweetly. “And Sawyer’s is—”
“July eleventh.” I couldn’t help but cut her off with gritted teeth. “Of course. Right. I knew that.”
“You don’t wanna spend all afternoon out here talking to me.” Audrey pointed behind her. “I’ll go get Sawyer for you.”
But I shook my head. “You know what? I actually have to head back to campus,” I lied. “I have to meet up with one of my professors.”
“You have to leave now?”
“I totally forgot about that meeting. I’m a little scatter brained today.” I held the paper bag filled with food up. “Sawyer’s not gonna eat this?”
“No, hun. Once he gets here, he really gets stuck into work.”
“Right.” I nodded. “Have you had lunch?”
Her eyes landed on the clock. “Maybe in a few minutes.”
“You can have this.” I rested the bag and can of soda on the counter. “It’s a sandwich.”
“You want me to have it?” she asked with big eyes. “That’s from Nico’s. They overcharge like crazy.”
“It’s all yours.”
“Are you sure?”
“Have at it.” I pressed my hands together. “Can you do me a favor and please not tell Sawyer that I stopped by?”
“You don’t want me to tell him?”
I waved a hand at her. “He’ll just feel guilty that he missed me.”
“Oh.” She nodded. “Okay, sure. I won’t tell him.”
“Great, thanks. I gotta go, but it was nice to meet you!”
The date wouldn’t escape my brain. July eleventh, July eleventh, July eleventh. That meant that we had spent our whole summer together, having all of those magical, wonderful days while he kept that information to himself. My hand flew up to my chest, squeezing at the pendant that hovered just a few inches away from my heart. We had made so many memories together, but there was an important one we had missed out on, and I was determined to make sure we never did again.
Chapter 18
Sawyer
The first thing I saw when I opened up the door was Holly with her arms crossed over her chest giving me her pissed off face. I had been on the receiving end of that face enough times to know exactly what it looked like.
“What?” I asked, shutting the door behind me. “What’s wrong?”
But she stayed quiet, her head shaking that tiny bit.
“What is it?” I asked, but I still got nothing from her. My mind went back to the morning and then to the night before, trying to think of what I had done to fuck up. Maybe I broke something without realizing it, and Holly had a lot of fancy stuff around the apartment. “What? What did I do?”
“July. Eleventh,” she finally said, emphasizing every last syllable.
I groaned, head thrown back. My birthday. “Who told you? Was it Brodie? How’d you get it out of him?”
