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he never took me in his bedroom.
    Thank god.
    The sheets were probably still in disarray from the woman who spent the night with him. Strands of her hair were probably on the pillow. And it probably smelled of sex. “Well, I should get back to work.” I headed back to the door and tried not to run.
    “Yeah, I need to shower.”
    Had he not showered since that woman? Gross . “Well, I’ll see you around.” I didn’t turn around and look at him. I wanted to haul ass and get the hell away from him as quickly as possible. That woman shouldn’t bother me but she did. I needed to save face but I couldn’t do that if he was looking at me.
    “Francesca.” His voice took a different tone, apologetic.
    I didn’t know what I was thinking, but I turned around. “Hmm?” I made eye contact with him but just for a brief second. His face looked torn, like he didn’t want to say whatever he was about to say.
    “I…” He struggled to find the words.
    I knew he was trying to make an excuse for that girl. Her presence wasn’t malicious, and he had no idea she was going to be there. He wanted to apologize for something he shouldn’t apologize for. “It’s okay, Hawke.” I turned away because I was going to get teary-eyed if I stayed any longer.
    He lowered his gaze and looked at the ground. “I’m sorry…”
    I kept walking. My heart ached and my feet carried me as quickly as possible. Old wounds were ripped apart. I had done the same thing to him the other night when I said I wasn’t going home. He looked just as upset as I did now. But he didn’t have to see Kyle in the flesh. “There’s nothing to be sorry about.”
    ***
    When I walked into the weight room at the gym, Kyle was sitting on the bench. His dumbbells rested on his thighs and he stared at himself in the mirror.
    “Yo.” I walked up behind him wearing my work out gear.
    He grinned when he saw me. “Look who it is.” He whistled as he stared at me in my spandex. “You look like catwoman when you wear those.” He wiggled his eyebrows in a sleazy way.
    I ignored his cheesy line. “You wanna go on a date with me?”
    He stilled like he wasn’t sure if he heard me right. “You’re asking me out?”
    “Don’t make a big deal out of it. My best friend wants to go on a double date. You down or what?” I leaned against the bench and put one hand on my hip.
    “You’re one smooth talker.” His voice was full of sarcasm. “But since you’re cute, I’ll go out with you.”
    “Thanks. Saturday is good?”
    “Any day is good.” He winked at me.
    “Would you stop doing that?”
    “What?” he asked innocently.
    “All the winking and eye-wiggling. You’re hot without the bullshit.”
    “I think it turns you on but you don’t want to admit it.” He gave me a dramatic wink.
    “I can call off the date, you know?”
    “I’ll pick you up anyway.” He picked up one dumbbell and started doing curls. He stared at me the entire time he did it. “In the mood?”
    I rolled my eyes. “I’ve never met someone so full of himself.”
    “Because a lot of people want to be full of me.” He winked again.
    I growled then stormed off.
    “Hey, get back here.” He put down the weights. “I was kidding.”
    I came back but I was on my guard.
    He turned serious. “Why do you want to go on a date all of a sudden? You made it clear you were looking for some meaningless fling.”
    “Marie keeps pestering me about it, and…” I didn’t want to go into details.
    “Does this have something to do with Hawke?” He didn’t seem irritated, not like he usually was.
    “I saw him yesterday and some bimbo forgot her wallet at his apartment…it was awkward.”
    “What did you expect him to do?” Kyle asked. “He’s single, right?”
    “He can do whatever he wants.” That didn’t mean it didn’t hurt.
    “Because you’ve been fucking around with me for months.”
    I grew irritated. “I’m not mad at him, and he doesn’t owe me a damn thing. But it