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

as he settles onto my

him a smile and leaning on the wall as I watch him pull his laptop from the basket and open it so that we can watch the movie in here. After a

from the open doorway, and pauses

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Fay,” he says quietly, looking at me

this.”

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

this date with him?”

and looks at the door, as if Jerome

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 my own way. Won’t you

I sigh, looking down at the

he begs, and I look up at him when I hear his

but I can’t let my friend

Can you

whisper, pushing the door shut and

to my friend, leaning against the pillows

on his shoulder. “But

on screen on a scale from 1 to

honest about it.”

and then grabbing a bag of popcorn from the

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