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It’s either joke or scream.
Evan
Oh my god, you feel like screaming too? That makes me feel strangely better.
Me
What else would make you feel better?
Evan
To go back in timeand use a condom.
Me
It’s telling you didn’t say to go back in time and not have fucked me in a conference room.
Evan
Nah, that part was pretty good.
Me
Just pretty good?
Evan
Okay, I’m only saying this because I’m so nauseous I could die, and you’ve held my hair back twice now when I’m throwing up over a trash can so my defenses are low. It was the best sex I’ve ever had.
Me
Same goes, Rhodes.
Evan
Thanks for checking in on me.
Me
It’s, like, the absolute least I can do.
Evan
It’s more than some people would do.
Good night, Cooper.
Me
Night, Rhodes.
I drop my phone down on the bed next to me and stare up at the ceiling, thinking about Evan’s last text.
It’s more than some people would do.
That has not been my experience in life—not with a family like mine—and it makes me wonder what her family is really like. Whether she’ll have their support. She seems close to her brother, but she’s made little comments here and there thatmake me think her relationship with her parents is…less than great.
That weird protectiveness I felt when I saw Evan sick and vulnerable rises again, and I wonder if it’s just because she’s suddenly pregnant with my child or if it’s…more than that. I don’t know, but I do know one thing. There’s no way I’m sleeping tonight.
