Chapter 0431

“Maybe we should try a different game,” Julian said. “Something easier.”

“Like what?” I asked.

“Go fish,” he said, and we both laughed. A game for children might have been more fitting, honestly. At least then, I might have stood a chance. I had no proof but I had a feeling, just knowing Julian, that he had been counting cards at poker.

As he started to deal for our competitive game of go fish, I said to him, “See

this is how it should be.”

He side–eyed me. “How do you mean?”

“Easy. Being with the person meant for you should be easy, just like this. Fun and silly. Full of more laughter than heartache.”

I checked my

hand. Looked like I was going to lose at go fish too as

play cards?”

twitched downward, just a hair. “I’m not sure.” He placed down two matching cards. He was

that he had no idea if the person he thought was his true love even liked

prove. The right person for him would try to learn his favorite games, just because he liked them. She would want to try

longer we spent together, the more I wasn’t sure

so long,

flowers and the fields before he spotted

to touch his arm or his hand, to lean into him. Even now, my leg pressed against his under the table from knee

us,” Julian said. He plucked a card from the pile, then dropped three three’s. “He looks

I said, huffier than I meant. “Today isn’t about him.”

us?” Julian

we had gotten to be

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