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Chapter 18
“So, what else happened at batting practice? Anything interesting?”
Considering she wasn’t particularly happy with him at the moment, she was tempted to just say no. But there was something. Something she could use his opinion on. “Well, Michael may have asked me out.”
Ryan stopped walking and turned to look at her, his eyebrows raised so high, she thought maybe they might tangle with his bangs. Was it so hard to believe that anyone would ask her out? Maybe she had misunderstood what Michael had meant.
“Michael Splinter?”
“Yeah.” It was her turn to keep walking while he stood melted to the asphalt. “Or maybe he didn’t.”
With his long legs, Ryan was caught up to her in a second. “What did he say?”
“He said we should hangout sometime. Or asked if I wanted to hangout sometime. Som
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