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When we’re finished eating, I wash the dishes and Oliver dries. Ben and Marisa enjoy the rest of their wine as we clean up. |
“Have you heard from Corinne lately?” Marisa asks. |
Corinne is her younger sister and one of my best friends. Marisa and Ben introduced the two of us years ago when they first started dating, while Corinne and I were still in high school. We hit it off immediately and we’ve been friends ever since, even though time zones have tested that friendship. First, while I was i... |
“We’ve just been texting,” I tell her, placing a plate into Oliver’s towel-covered hands. “She’s usually in meetings by the time I wake up, she’s eating dinner during my afternoon break, and she’s asleep when I get home from work.” |
“Yeah,” she sighs. “It’s been a while since I’ve talked to her too. She seems to love it there.” |
The wistfulness in Marisa’s voice makes me think her attempts to recruit Corinne stateside aren’t working very well. She loves London. A time difference is easy to get over when everything else in your life is just how you want it. |
Speaking of London, “Not to talk shop, but did you see that email from Jackson? I booked him for the Friday shoot, he just needs a ride from the airport.” |
Marisa hums. “I’ll hire a driver tomorrow.” |
“The site’s still going well?” Oliver asks. |
“Oh yeah,” I reply. Well is an understatement. Marisa’s fashion and lifestyle blog is an internet juggernaut. She asked me to style some shoots for her last year, which was a nice break from the personal shopping and styling I’d been doing. Business picked up around the same time, and our occasional partnership became ... |
It’s not something I envision doing forever, and sure, it doesn’t afford me a whole lot of time to work on my own designs, but for now it’s enough. |
Ben, who knows all about my long-standing passion for making my own clothes asks, “You working on anything?” |
I consider telling him the truth for about a second. Instead, I say, “No.” |
Once Oliver’s finished drying, I take the towel and wipe my hands on it. Ben drains the dregs of his wine, then slings his arm around Marisa’s shoulder. |
“I was thinking we could watch a movie later? That Elise MacGregor thriller’s on On Demand, and Marisa’s been dying to see it.” |
Marisa playfully pokes Ben in the ribs. “And you’ve been dying to see Malin Evans,” she teases. |
I gently thread the towel through the handle on the oven, sparing a glance at Oliver. He’s looking at the ground, cheeks red. Clearly he’s thinking of the same thing I am–that morning I caught him walking out of his apartment with Malin a couple of years ago. |
I’d brought coffee and scones, his birthday tradition. It was barely 8 AM, and I ran smack into Hollywood’s newest It Girl with my crush, clearly doing the walk of shame. |
Oliver never brought it up again. |
Neither did I. |
It doesn’t hurt to think about or anything, but I’d rather not sit next to Oliver for a couple of hours watching a movie with her in it. |
“What do you guys think?” Ben asks, breaking the silence. |
“I was actually thinking about going for a walk,” Oliver says, shoving his hands in his pocket. He turns toward me. “Feel like going with me?” |
“Yeah,” I reply. “You guys enjoy the movie. We’ll be back later.” |
Marisa smiles at me as I follow Oliver out the door. |
“So where are we going?” |
Oliver grins at me. “You’ll see.” |
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