I was beginning to feel more than a little annoyed myself, not just at his presumption, but at the irritating way he’d pitched his voice higher in an attempt to imitate me. “Did it ever occur to you that maybe I just wanted to learn how to code better?”
“Oh, please,” he said dismissively.
Okay, I had enough crazy stuff going on in my life already. I did not need to deal with a lovesick hacker, of all things. Not that being lovesick had made him any more charming. “Um, Jeff, I hate to break it to you, but really, that’s all that was going on with me. I can’t speak to what was going on with you, but if I led you on in any way, then I’m really sorry. Besides,” I added, hoping to soften the blow, “you really don’t want to get tangled up with me. I’m half alien, remember?”
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