Chapter 238

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Cole was trying to flirt, and I could totally play dumb and Ignore him, but meeting Thorsten couldn't wait.

Still, him texting this late wasn't a great sign. If I replied now, he might use it as an excuse to ask for something else. And if I said no, he could use it as an excuse to back out of our deal to meet his dad. The best move? Do what I did last night and just leave him on read.

I tuned back into my conversation with Lena, who was saying something I'd obviously missed because now she was asking. "So you two made it official and that's it? No next steps?"

"What next steps?" I asked, still half-distracted by Cole's texts.

"What do you think I mean? The next step in a relationship. Obviously, I'm talking about that," Lena said, her voice dripping with mischief.

I caught en immediately. "Hayden's a gentleman, okay?"

"Gentleman or not, he's still human, isn't he? He's gotta have desires. Or is he just not interested st

know, doing his part to solve the population crisis?" Lena shot back. Then she sighed and said, remember, Jace was a

doesn't, or if he can hold back without a problem, then there's a good chance he's just not that into you." I thought back to all those years with Jace. To everyone else, we were basically a couple, but the closest we ever got was holding hands or those awkward side

used to think he was just being respectful, like some kind of modern-day knight or whatever. Sometimes, I'd even wonder

little analysis, I realized: he just

that he wasn't interested in me like that because we were

he wants to get closer to you? Or does he just not want to let

we'd stood there at my door, wrapped up in each other, neither of us wanting to be the first

like, respectful. He keeps things, you know, appropriate," I said, trying to convince

"If a guy's really into you, like really loves you, he'd want to merge with you or something, make you a part of him." Chapter

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grabbed a glass of water, and took a sip. "Wow,

want you to miss out

on my water. "Wait, so you want me to seduce him

though she couldn't see it. "Why can't I just have a pure, genuine relationship? Why

Lena said, sighing. "It's just, a guy like Hayden isn't going

so invested in

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