"I think I finally get it."

"Get what?" There was something about the look in his eyes, the confidence, the surety, that had me swallowing hard.

"You." And as he smiled, it was almost smug. "I get you, Oz. You're a little, Aren't you?"

If only I had known at the time just how much those few little words were going to change my life.

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Giving a sullen nod, I kept my eyes on my food. I had been starving only a few minutes ago but my appetite took a suicidal leap, leaving my throat too dry to even think about swallowing the rest. I forced a sip of the bottle of Brothers Toffee Apple cider in hopes that it would help. It didn't.

/"Deek, what if they say something?/" I whispered at last, risking a glance up at him. He was oddly calm. A lot more so than I would have been if his ex had walked in, even if it had been somebody other than the fucking prick I had met on our first date.

/"You're in a much better and stable place than you used to be, my Isaac,/" Deacon said at last. /"I think you'd be mature enough to just brush it off and walk away. They've been horrible to you. They're not worth your time./"

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