Chapter 58

Employed in a library.

Charlie’s friend.

Sean’s boyfriend.

Yes, in the end, Sean and his smile won. We’re together. He killed me with kindness. Actually, I realized it completely today.

It’s Thanksgiving Day—actually Thanksgiving night. My parents are travelling to Singapore, so no posh meal for me, and Sean’s family obviously live in Ireland and he doesn’t even know what to do on Thanksgiving. So we spend it together. And today he made me realize that, even though there’s only been kisses between us, I can no longer call myself single.

Sean thinks we started our relationship the moment he kissed me for the first time—he’s a romantic—while I was still trying to sort out my feelings and understand what was going on with me and why I suddenly let him in, allowing him to penetrate my hard shell.