Lilies, Lies, and Love: A Sweet Secret Identity Romcom (Season of Love Book 3) by Marion De Ré

Author:Marion De Ré [Ré, Marion De]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2025-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

13

Pros & Cons

Asher

I don’t even know what this movie is about. Or the one before. Or the one before that. I’m just happy to be living this moment. It’s been a while since I’ve spent this much time with another human being outside of work, and I think the contact is doing me good. I haven’t felt this relaxed in ages.

We’re lying in our fort, eating snacks and watching movies. What else is there?

“Okay, this is definitely the comfiest fort I’ve ever been in,” I say, adjusting my head on the pillow as the movie credits roll. “We did good.”

Daisy twirls the ends of her hair. “Add that to your list of pros for moving to Chicago.”

I laugh, the sound booming in the small space. “Wait. There’s a ‘pros and cons’ list now? I thought it was just the percentage thing.”

“Nuh-uh.” She shifts onto her side, supporting her head with her hand and propping her elbow on the floor. “First, there’s the general percentage list. Then, there’s the pros and cons list for each factor. For example, the weather represents ten percent of the moving decision. But you also need to think of pros and cons for both cities in terms of weather.”

I raise my eyebrows. “Wow. It’s even more complex than I thought.”

She giggles, and my heart leaps in my chest, the way it does every time that sound hits my ears. I convinced myself I was coming here today to try to sneak into her laptop or pry some information about the company out of her, but if I’m being honest, that beautiful sound has everything to do with why I’m here.

“So, what are the other percentages? You didn’t say.”

She wears a pensive look. “Well, there’s work. That’s a big one. I’d say thirty percent? It includes the job itself, but also the environment, salary, benefits, and the colleagues.”

I nod eagerly. “Good point. Especially about the colleagues.”

She rolls her gray eyes. “Then, you have the location itself. So, in this case, the city. How is the commute? What is there to do? Cost of living. Restaurant scene. That kind of thing. That covers, I think, another thirty percent.”

“Right. Food is an important factor,” I say with a firm nod. “Particularly pizza and hot dogs. New York is winning this, no contest.”

She shakes her head and I just laugh. “I’m going to pretend you didn’t just say that,” she grumbles.

My laughter dies down. “Okay. What’s next?”

“The last one is, um . . . Proximity to friends and family?” she rushes out the last words, as if hoping I wouldn’t hear them. “I think those would be my main factors, the weather clearly being the least important.”

I clench my jaw tight, staring up at the red fairy lights strung above us. “You must think I’m a monster.”

Her brows twitch. “Why would you say that?”

“I saw the look on your face yesterday when we were with my mom and my brother,” I say, wetting my dry throat. “I know what you were thinking.

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