Levi puts a book in front of my face before I realize I’m at his side, and I look down at the stupid Melanie Richards’ self-help satire. It makes me laugh, and I nudge into him. “Quit it.” His eyes flash with the joke as he bumps back into me and puts the dumb thing back. “How to Fake Date Your Grumpy Boss?” Mom asks, skepticism inside her voice as I discover she’s standing right next to me. My lungs collapse. “It’s our inside joke,” Levi responds. “I bought Rose a copy because it was so ludicrous. She still hasn’t read it. So I guess we’re real dating.” Mom plucks the thing free, scanning,
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