Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen

Author:Lauren Kung Jessen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2023-01-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

His name is Owen Rossi, and he’s Year of the Tiger,” Bennett explains, listing off the key points from my date’s profile. I try on a blue hat in the souvenir shop at Dodger Stadium, where I’ll apparently be meeting my perfect match named Owen. The store is filled with zealous fans eager to spend hard-earned money on overpriced tees and hats to prove their loyalty to their favorite team and players.

I give Bennett an impressed look. “A compatible sign,” I say. “Interesting. Worried that your incompatible theory wasn’t going to pan out?”

Bennett lifts the hat off my head and drops a pink one in its place. He looks at my reflection in the mirror and shakes his head, pulling the pink cap off.

“We do both,” he says.

“Did you really need to buy a ticket to be here? I can handle this on my own.”

“Mine’s a nosebleed seat. I need to make sure you do this the honest way. At least I’m candid about being here,” Bennett says. “You’re meeting Owen at the seats. You’ll be behind home plate.”

I whistle in a low tune. “These tickets must have cost a fortune. I thought you haven’t raised money yet?”

Bennett flips through the replica player jerseys on hangers looking for a specific size and turns his head toward me. “Normally, users pay for dates, but because of our arrangement, ZodiaCupid treated you two to this. Our hope is that users aren’t going on a lot of dates, and that the ones they do go on are enjoyable.”

I rummage through key chains in a basket. “I’m not complaining. I haven’t been to a game in years. I used to come here with my dad all the time. He loves baseball.”

Bennett holds a jersey out in front of him and then drapes it against himself, looking down at it and then back up at me. “How does this look?”

It’s a simple, casual question that forces me to look at him. No. Not look. Observe. To evaluate how the width of the shirt aligns with his shoulders. Perfectly. To follow the buttons down his torso to ensure the length works for him. It does. The polyester top falls against his chest flatteringly, the shallow V-neck drawing my attention to places that are wildly inappropriate given the circumstances.

Suddenly my neck is warm, and my entire body tightens in response. I grip one of the key chains tighter between my fists. It feels too intimate viewing Bennett in this way and helping him decide what to wear.

I tilt my head, not committing to a decision either way. “It’s sporty,” I say vaguely. Now, if Owen wants an opinion on how to clothe himself, I might be willing to give it. Because Owen is my date. Bennett is not.

“So your dad loves baseball?” Bennett asks, following up from before.

I avert my eyes from the top that’s still pressed against his body. “What? Oh. Yeah. He writes low-budget horror flicks. Some of his past films are The Green Monster and Field of Nightmares.

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