“The hard part is not over; the hard part is me having to spend time around people and convince them to like me.”
He frowned. “You don’t need to convince anyone to like you. People either like you, or they don’t know you well enough, or they don’t matter. You can leave your board there.” He gestured to the sand in front of the shop. “Carter’s teaching a beginner class this morning.”
I set the board down on the sand and dusted my hands off. “I’m meeting him at the bar tonight.”
Amusement grew on his features. “Better get your dart game ready.”
I groaned. “I don’t want to go.”
He nudged my arm. “Come on, bookworm. This is how you figure out what you like.”
“By dating half the town?”
“Yep.”
“Are you only saying that because that’s your method?”
Another flash of teeth, wolfish this ti
