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No, I did not. And the fact that he was being so blunt about it didn’t feel
all that great either. My cheeks heated, and I remained silent.
“I’m going to take that as a no,” he said. “You have no one.”
And that felt a little like a kick to the stomach.
I tried really hard to keep the hurt off my face—I did. Because I didn’t
want Aaron Blackford to get a glimpse of how pathetic and silly his words
had made me feel.
How lonely I must be when my only option was a colleague who didn’t
even like me all that much in the first place.
But he wasn’t wrong. And as much as it hurt to admit it, at the end of the
day, I had no one else. Just Aaron Blackford. He—and only he—completed
my list of options. In a world where I’d consider taking him to Spain as my
made-up boyfriend, that was.
Unless—
Oh my God. Holy shit. Did he notice—understand—what happened back
in my office? That I accidentally told my mother that my boyfriend’s name
was Aaron?
No. I shook my head. No way. Impossible.
“I don’t understand why you are doing this,” I told him with what I was
sure was the most sincerity I had ever spoken to him.
He sighed, the air leaving his body almost softly. “And I don’t understand
why it’s so hard to believe that I would.”
“Aaron”—a bitter chuckle left my lips—“we don’t like each other. And
it’s okay because we couldn’t be any more … different. Incompatible. And if
we barely manage to share a space for more than a handful of minutes
without bickering or wanting to bite each other’s heads off, why in the world
would you believe this was a good idea?”
“We can get along just fine.”
I bit back another laugh. “Okay, that was actually funny. Good job,
Blackford.”
“Not joking.” He scowled. “And I am your only option,” he shot back.
Maldita sea. He was still right about that.
My back leaned against the closed passenger door as he continued
delivering blows, “Do you want to attend that wedding alone? Because I’m
the one who can fix that.”
Ugh, he truly believed I was that desperate and resourceless.
Yes, a voice said in my head. Because you are both those things.