Page 119 of Playing Dirty


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you talk too much

She responded almost instantly.

you notice too much

That made me pause longer than I meant to.

Because she was right.

And I hated that she was right.

Rowan

I didn’t expect him to reply so fast.

That was the first mistake.

The second mistake was noticing I was waiting for it.

Serena looked up from her laptop.

“You’re smiling at your phone,” she said.

“I’m not.”

“You are absolutely smiling at your phone.”

“I’m not smiling.”

She leaned back. “Who is it?”

“No one.”

That was also a lie.

I looked back down.

Mason.

No reply for a while.

Then:

i don’t notice anything

I almost laughed.

Almost.

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you noticed me leaving before i even left the room last time

Three dots.

Longer this time.