"If you'd done this sooner, Chris wouldn't have left," Lisa suddenly said.

Bringing up an ex in front of a current partner could really mess things up.

But I knew that Lisa wasn't trying to hurt me. She was actually trying to get a reaction from Brandon. I saw her wink at me, which made me realize that she was testing him. No guy would like to hear about his girlfriend's ex. Lisa wanted to see how Brandon would react.

She was bold, not caring if she might upset Brandon.

I looked at Brandon, but his face didn't change at all.

Lisa pressed, "Mr. Howell, don't you agree?"

I stayed quiet.

"Mae only acts cute with me," Brandon said, sounding really affectionate. His answer was so sweet that it made the whole moment feel romantic.

Lisa clicked her tongue. "Mr. Howell, you seem like a tech guy, but you've actually got a romantic side."

"Chemistry has quantum reactions, which change every time based on quantum entanglement," Brandon said, explaining that his romance would be like a scientific mystery. Brandon's way of mixing science with love was really impressive.

you definitely deserve to win Maddie's heart," Lisa said, giving him

felt proud again. Meeting Brandon felt like

you should thank Jewel," Lisa

what she meant. "Yes, if it weren't for her, I might not have

leaned my head on Brandon's shoulder, enjoying

eat too much, or your lovey-dovey talk might have made

you how it's done. Pay attention," I

around, we reached the hospital lobby. Just before we

to say hi, he walked

like we

I could tell I was getting further away

while we checked the test results. Everything looked fine. The fever I had was probably because

to work, so Brandon and I went to visit Ellie. She seemed down,

I talked about other things and mentioned a concert coming up. "Would you

go?" Ellie asked, looking at

had many restrictions on what

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