I simply did not understand this man. He stepped closer, eyes looking right into mine. “Well,” he said, in his deep, calm voice, and I didn’t reply, because—what was there to say? Well. Did you go to college on an athletic scholarship? I wish I’d never messaged you on that damn app. Dressed this way, you look different. Less like my Eli, and more like the kind of person who— My Eli. What the hell was I thinking?
