Chapter 184

I pull the door open, curious to face him, but then blink in surprise

when I see Daniel standing there.

“Oh,” I say, my eyes wide as I look up at him. “Daniel.”

He smirks, leaning against my doorframe with a basket full of supplies in his arms. “What. Expecting someone else?”

I laugh a little and look down at the basket, filled with popcorn and

movie supplies. “What are you doing here?”

“Movie night,” he reminds me, perhaps a little too cheerfully. Then

he looks beyond me, expectant. “Can I come in?”

I bite my lip, not really knowing how to say “no, thank you, please go away, your dad I think wants to take my virginity tonight and be quite nice about it.” But Daniel doesn’t wait for my reply anyway,

pushing past me.

“I was thinking some 90’s classics tonight,” he says, looking at

a grin as he settles onto my bed. “Start

I watch him pull his laptop from the

him from the open doorway, and pauses

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he says quietly, looking at me gently. “I still want

this.”

understanding him. “Daniel, you don’t even like me – and what about Jerome,

be on this date with him?”

the door, as if

the hallway at any moment. “I have to marry someone, Fay. And in this world, it can’t be a man.” He shifts his gaze to mine. “I want it to be you – I care about you in

the floor.

and I look up at him when I hear his

I can’t let my friend

you

I whisper, pushing the door shut and coming over to the

next to my friend,

shoulder. “But you have

scale from 1 to 10, and you

honest about it.”

a bag of popcorn from the basket, offering

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