Chapter 3

“I was nervous setting up this date tonight. I didn’t think online dating was in the cards for me.”

“I was worried too.”

I leaned back and laughed, oblivious to the unstable movements and creaks of the Ferris wheel

“What’s so funny?” he asked, smiling.

I shook my head. “I just thought about how far I’ve come and how I should get out of the house more often.”

“I’m glad you’re here.”

“I sound like an oldster,” I said.

“An oldster, huh?” Devon echoed my thoughts, pulling me closer to him.

“If you consider thirty-two old.”

“To my thirty-five? Please,” he said, drawing the word out.

The music of our laughter calmed me.

“Your online pic was spot on,” I said, staring at his cute face and wondered what it would feel like to comb my fingers through his beard. His blue eyes and kissable lips were as charming as his personality seemed to be the first time I had met him online.

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Earlier that evening I had received a message from him.