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today. Ever ythi ng about it. I es pec ially love ho w R yle looks, lea ni ng

agains t my car, watchi ng me.
“You’re rea lly bea utiful when you’re ha ppy.”
Ugh! Thi s day ! Per fect!

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We’re making our way up the stairs to my apartment when R yle grabs
my waist and pushes me agains t the wall. He just starts kissing me,
right there in the stair wel l.
“Impatient ,” I mutter.

He laughs and cups my ass with both of hi s ha nd s. “Nope. It’s thi s
ones ie. You rea lly sho uld cons ider making thi s your busines s attire. ”
He kisses me again and does n’t stop kissing me unt il someo ne passes
us, hea ding down the stairs.
The guy mumbles , “Nice one sies ,” as he squeez es past us. “Did the
Bruins win?”
R yle no ds. “Three to one, ” he res pond s, witho ut looking up at the

guy.
“Nice, ” the guy says.
Onc e he’s gone, I step away from R yle. “Wha t is thi s ones ie thi ng ?
Does ev er y male in Boston kno w about thi s?”
He laughs and says, “Free bee r, Lily. It’s free beer.” He pulls me up

the stairs, and when we walk in the door, Lucy is stand ing at the
kitchen table taping up a box of her stuff. There’ s ano ther box she
ha sn’t taped up yet and I could swea r I see a bowl tha t I bought at
HomeG oods sticking out of the top. She said she’d ha ve all her stuff
out by nex t week , but I ha ve a feel ing she’l l conv eni ent ly ha ve some of
my stuff out, too.
“Who are you?” she asks, looking R yle up and down.
“R yle Kinc aid. I’m Lily’s boyfriend .”

Li ly’s boyfriend.
Did you hea r tha t?
Bo yfriend.
It’s the firs t time he’s confirmed it, and he said it so confid ent ly.
“My boyfriend , hu h?” I walk into the kitchen and grab a bottle of wine

and two wineg lasses .