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“So did I.”

Her eyes came back to mine.

“Really?”

“Really.”

“You don’t have to say that.”

“I know.”

Her expression softened, barely enough to notice.

A few weeks ago, I might’ve missed it.

I didn’t now.

I stepped closer.

“Why do you keep doing that?”

Her eyebrows pulled together. “Doing what?”

“Giving me an out after I’ve already told you what I mean.”

She went still.

I didn’t say anything else.

For a moment, neither did she.

Then her eyes dropped.

“I don’t know.”

I could push.

The question was sitting right there between us, and part of me wanted to know the answer.

But I also knew Luna well enough now to recognize when she was trying to find one herself.

So I reached for her hand instead.

Her fingers slid between mine.

“I had a good time,” I said again.

She looked up.

“Okay.”

“Okay?”

A smile started at the corner of her mouth. “I’m trying.”

I laughed softly. “I’ll take it.”

Her thumb moved across the side of my hand.