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“You’re not my rebound girl. I’ll admit that I don’t think I liked you how you liked me right away, but that’s because I was with someone else and had my own crap going on. I like you now, though, and I’ve likedyoufor a while, too. You’re the reason I ended things with her for good this time.”
Mollydidlook up then and asked, “I am?”
“Well, sort of. I’m not in love with her anymore, so that’s the biggest and, I think, most important part, but the reason I knew for sure was because I started having feelings for you, and I haven’t had feelings for anyone else before, even when we were broken up all those times, so I knew it was time.”
Molly smiled and said, “Really?”
“Yes, really,” she said with a small laugh.
“So, I didn’t ruin it?”
“No. But, Molls, no more lying to me, okay? The football one, I understand, and this one is small in the grand scheme of things, but if we’re going to go out again, I want to go out withyou, not the woman I broke up with, and no one else, okay?”
Molly nodded and asked, “Want to try again?”
“Yes.”
“Tonight?”
“Tonight?” Finley asked in surprise.
“Yes. You did this to me yesterday, and it’s morning, so you’re getting more notice than I did about our first date for our second one.”
“That’s fair, I guess. Want me to make a reservation or something?”
“No, I’ll plan this one,” Molly replied as the traffic light changed to walking again. “Coffee?”
“And a cookie?”
“Yes, but you should let go of my hand.”
“Oh, shit. Sorry,” Finley said, dropping it.
“No, not because I don’t want to hold it. I do. I’d love to hold your hand while we walk. But–”
“Work people all around?”
“Yes,” Molly replied, and they walked across the street. “Also, make sure to get your own cookie this time because I’m not sharing today.”
“Oh, yes, you are. I want a bite, Molls.”
“A bite? You atehalfof it.”
“I made up for that with another cookie,andthere were puppies.”
Molly laughed, and Finley had to resist taking her hand again. She wanted to hold it in her own as they walked, like they would have had they been walking in any other part of the city.
“Well, therewerepuppies, so… Fine. You can have half of my cookie.”
CHAPTER 14
“Oh, I don’t know,” Juliet said. “You know what you should do, though?”
“No. That’s why I called you,” Molly replied.
“Text Gwen and ask her. She’s always got good ideas for dates.”
“Shedoes?”
