“You’re learning French?” It sounds like I’m trying to talk around a mouthful of rocks. “Yeah.” He glances over at me, but doesn’t maintain eye contact. “I’ve been watching Bake Off with the French subtitles. I’ve seen the show so many times I don’t really need to pay attention, so I can use it more as a learning exercise.” I stare at him, fingers clenched around the book in my lap. My imaginary scenario from earlier looks completely different now: us curled up in bed, watching his cooking show while I coax him through French sentence structure. He must not know how to interpret my silence, as
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