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Yes, OMG!!!!

I miss you!!!

Evangeline

I miss you too!! Twenty-four hours is too long. :(

Mia

Totally agree.

Everything okay though?

Tired of getting dicked down by Mr. Perfect?

Evangeline

I actually need your help with something…

Alek is coming over for dinner with Jules tonight.

Mia

I’M SCREAMING!

Evie, this is huge!!! You two are SERIOUS, huh?

Evangeline

Yeah…

Mia

I’m surprised Mr. Buzzkill agreed to meet him.

Evangeline

About that…

Mia

OMG.

Eva, you didn’t.

Evangeline

I did…

I hadn’t beenable to sit still ever since Alek dropped me off at Mia’s apartment, kissing my cheek and vowing to see me later. The dark look in his eyes made me shiver, and I had to peel myself from his grasp. I wasn’t sure my body could take another round with him, not to mention I had limited time to get ready before Jules came to pick me up.

Half an hour later, Mia was applying glitter on my eyelids with a small smile to herself. “We’re going to make you look so damn angelic that Juleshasto hear you out. I want him to ask himself if this sweet face would ever be irresponsible.”

I wasn’t sure about her strategy, but I liked glitter, so I wasn’t going to argue.

“So what’s your tea?” I asked a few minutes later when she was curling my hair. I didn’t necessarily need her help getting ready for a simple dinner with my brother, but Mia had a secret passion for beauty. She once told me that in another life, shemight have been a hairdresser or makeup artist instead of a ballerina. I encouraged her to follow wherever her heart led her, but she had just shrugged before saying that helping me get beautified before each show and night out scratched her itch.

Mia sighed dramatically. “You willnotbelieve this. Guess who?—”