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"Asher?" Mia’s voice shot up an octave. Her brown eyes looked ready to launch from their sockets.
She sat frozen, pure deer-in-headlights. With those big Bambi eyes, it barely qualified as a metaphor.
"Surprise," I said, hollow. A wry laugh escaped before I could stop it.
She trembled slightly, like I’d caught her mid-crime. The only thing keeping me from losing my sanity was the fact that her lipstick wasn’t smudged.
Because if Boyd had her lipstick smeared across his smug face, I honestly don’t know what I would’ve done.
"Hey, man. I was expecting you later," my best friend said with a genuine smile. I fought the urge to clock him with his espresso cup.
Too small.
I dragged a chair between them with more force than necessary. It was one of those dainty café things. It bar
