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“You need help bringing anything up?” Adrian asked as Ellie came into the apartment.
After staying up late and watching TV together he’d heard her moving around very early the next morning. She hadn’t been loud, but he hadn’t slept well. He’d kept trying to figure out a way he could convince her to join him in his bed and save his pride. Since he’d been the dumb f**k who’d made the no s*x rule, he couldn’t be the one to break it.
He’d offered to go to the storage facility with her, but she’d politely refused. He wasn’t giving up. Watching television together was a start. He’d gotten her to promise not to watch Mindhunter without him which would force them to spend some time together. Now for the next step.
“No. I only picked up a few things.” She dragged a large suitcase behi
