“You guess?” She gives me a knowing smile. “Please, Auden. You wouldn’t risk doing something like this if you didn’t like him. In fact, you wouldn’t be doing this if…” She doesn’t finish her sentence, but she doesn’t have to. I know exactly what she’s going to say. You wouldn’t be doing this if you didn’t love him. We both burst into laughter. It’s so loud and obnoxious, bouncing off the windows of my office and echoing. We do it for seconds, minutes—maybe even hours. I’m not sure how long passes until we finally calm down, both of us swiping at our eyes. “Good one,” I tell her. “I know,
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