Page 93 of Obscurity

She opened her mouth then closed it again. “I don’t understand.”

He came closer. “If I didn’t tell you this now, then I knew I would always regret it. But Olive, the two of us are perfect together. You and I both know it. I’d make you happier than he would. So pick me.”

He stared at her with such sincerity in his gaze.

This wasn’t a joke. Tevin meant the words.

He loved her.

Maybe she should have seen it. Seen it in the lingering looks he’d given her. The way he was always available. The way all his other relationships only lasted a few dates.

She’d thought of him like a brother, someone she could tell her secrets to and kick back to relax with. He was one of her best friends.

She loved his obsession with all things dill-pickle-flavored. How he called his mom almost every day. How he was both a computer nerd and an athlete.

But . . . could there be more between them? She’d never even considered the idea.

Olive glanced at Jason again. Then at Tevin.

She licked her lips as she tried to figure out what to say.

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