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

too as badly as poker. Julian would

cards?” I

“I’m not sure.” He placed down two matching cards.

seemed unfair that he had no idea if the person

myself, though admittedly, I wasn’t any good. But this was another point I wanted to prove. The right person for him would try

we spent together, the more I wasn’t sure if any of my lessons were being learned.

them so long, he had no idea how else to

out into the garden. His gaze cast over the flowers and the fields before he spotted me and Julian at our small two person table. We were both leaning over the

had been making efforts to touch his arm or his hand, to

the pile, then dropped three three’s. “He

huffier than

about us?” Julian

because we had gotten to be such good friends. Maybe it was because, unlike me and

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