“Why don’t you just pretend you never saw this? You’re good at that, pretending and forgetting, right?” I go for the jugular, my embarrassment loosening my tongue to speak on topics I swore I’d always bury when it came to him. Jack’s lips purse and I think I’ve left a mark. “Just like you pretended not to know me the other day?” Apparently, he’s not holding his punches either. He’s talking about in front of our team. “Oh, would you like for me to detail all the ways we know each other to these literal strangers? I was simply saving you, boss. Because if you’d like to play it differently, I’m
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