The Man I Never Met by Elle Cook

Author:Elle Cook [Cook, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2022-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

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By the time we got home the last thing I wanted to do was prep for film night. I made an excuse that we didn’t have any popcorn and I was tired from all the walking. And just when we agreed to call it a day, and I decided to file it away under “worst date ever”—blowing La La Land singing man entirely out of the water—George turns to me at my front door, apologizes so hard that he’s been a total idiot, says that he really likes me and knows he’s making a complete mess of this.

“I don’t know what happened today, Gallagher. I mean, I really have no idea how I ended up going from hero to zero. Total twat. I’m so sorry.”

I smile. “It’s OK.” I’m neither confirming nor denying his total-twat behavior. “I was a bit off, as well. I was a bit ungrateful in that gift shop.” Although I realize I was ungrateful about a pen I didn’t want, and that he didn’t actually want to buy me. I can’t work that one out now.

“It was the book,” he said. “I was angry that I left it on the bus. Angry with myself. I took it out on you. I’m still pissed off. But I shouldn’t have been such an idiot about it.”

“It’s fine, really. I’d be pissed off if I lost a hundred pounds as well.”

“Yeah, all right,” he says, inching toward me with a grin. “Don’t go on about it.”

“Ha!” I reply.

George leans forward, nuzzles my neck. “Can I make it up to you?”

“Yes,” I reply, immediately caving in like some kind of harlot as his lips brush their way up my neck. We fall inside my flat, and George does that thing that makes my knees go weak, when he kicks the door shut behind him purposefully. He pulls my jacket off, drops it to the floor, picks me up and carries me toward the bedroom.

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