Page 56 of Seeds of Trust


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Show off. What’s the favor then?

There’s a pause. Those three dots appear and disappear twice before her message comes through.

If someone named Miles asks you about us, can you say we’re seeing each other?

I sit up so fast I nearly knock Greg off the windowsill.

This is the weirdest way I’ve ever been asked out

It’s kinda hot tho

I’m NOT asking you out. It’s just a one-time thing.

Maybe we could make one public appearance, at Alex’s ABC party

My moral code is strongly against lying, Piper

Your moral code is questionable if the rumors about you are true

Touche. But what’s in it for me?

What do I get for being your dirty little secret?

also, I dig that you’ve been asking around about me.

Seriously? What happened to that moral code?

Never said it made sense, Pip

Don’t call me that. It makes me sound like a Dickensian orphan

Pip Pip Pip Pipppppppper

Ok thank you for your input, I’ll find another person

Fine, I’ll do it. But I need help finding a costume for this party.

And while we shop, you’re explaining why I’m lying to poor poor Miles

What I don’t tell her is that this is absolutely perfect for me too. I can tell Lacey we’re together and, boom, she’s off my back too.

I’m terrible at shopping

Perfect. Two terrible shoppers walk into a thrift store. Sounds like the start of a love story to meeee

This isn’t a love story

Whatever you say, Pip

I can practically feel her eye roll through the phone.

Fine. When?

Now? Unless you’re too busy with your 94 average

Quad in 20?

It’s a date