Lunar Love by Jessen Lauren Kung
Author:Jessen, Lauren Kung [Jessen, Lauren Kung]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Adult
ISBN: 9781538710258
Amazon: 1538710250
Goodreads: 61156498
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2023-01-10T08:00:00+00:00
Chapter 13
His name is Owen Rossi, and heâs Year of the Tiger,â Bennett explains, listing off the key points from my dateâs profile. I try on a blue hat in the souvenir shop at Dodger Stadium, where Iâll 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. âA compatible sign,â I say. âInteresting. Worried that your incompatible theory wasnât going to pan out?â
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.
âWe do both,â he says.
âDid you really need to buy a ticket to be here? I can handle this on my own.â
âMineâs a nosebleed seat. I need to make sure you do this the honest way. At least Iâm candid about being here,â Bennett says. âYouâre meeting Owen at the seats. Youâll be behind home plate.â
I whistle in a low tune. âThese tickets must have cost a fortune. I thought you havenât raised money yet?â
Bennett flips through the replica player jerseys on hangers looking for a specific size and turns his head toward me. âNormally, users pay for dates, but because of our arrangement, ZodiaCupid treated you two to this. Our hope is that users arenât going on a lot of dates, and that the ones they do go on are enjoyable.â
I rummage through key chains in a basket. âIâm not complaining. I havenât been to a game in years. I used to come here with my dad all the time. He loves baseball.â
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. âHow does this look?â
Itâs 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. âItâs sporty,â 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.
âSo your dad loves baseball?â Bennett asks, following up from before.
I avert my eyes from the top thatâs still pressed against his body. âWhat? 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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