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“Not even a casual someone you are seeing?”
He gave me another shake.
“A fling?”
He sighed. “No.”
“Let me guess. No time for that?” I regretted it as soon as it had left my
lips. But frankly, I was curious. So, perhaps, if he answered, I wouldn’t regret
the question completely.
His shoulders shrugged lightly, his back relaxing slightly. Just as if he
had accepted that he’d have to give me an answer or I’d press for one. “I have
time, Catalina. Plenty of time in fact.” Even in the darkness of the car, I saw
those ocean-blue eyes of his pin me down with an honesty I hadn’t been
prepared for. “I’m simply saving it for someone who’s worth it.”
Well, that was incredibly smug. Sort of conceited too. And shockingly,
kind of … sexy.
Whoa. I shook my head. Nope. The only S-word Aaron Blackford could
ever be thought of was … sarcastic. Scornful. Secretive. Stoic. Maybe even
sour. But not sexy. Nope.
“Is that why you don’t have a date already?” I managed to ask him next,
feeling the need to sound indifferent and cold. “Because your standards are as
high as the sky?”
Aaron didn’t miss a beat. “Is that why you have no one to take to that
wedding?”
“I …” I wished that were the reason instead of plain stupidity and being a
compulsive liar with no instinct of self-preservation. “It’s complicated. I have
reasons.” I let my hands drop in my lap, keeping my eyes on the section of
the console in front of me.
“Whoever claims to act without having a reason pushing them to do so is
lying.”
“So, what’s pushing you to do this?” I asked him with my eyes still on the
dark and smooth material that adorned the interior of the car. “What pushed
you to ask me, out of all people, to pretend to be your date?”
“It’s a long story.” Even if I wasn’t looking at him, I heard his exhale. It
sounded as tired as I felt. “It’s a social commitment. I can’t promise you it
will be fun, but it’s for a good cause.” He paused for moment, in which I
didn’t speak and I limited myself to take in the scarce details he had given
me. “I’ll tell you everything—if you accept, of course.”
My head shot in his direction, and I found Aaron’s blue eyes already on