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his?”
    “ Seriously?”
    “ Yes, seriously. We have to be at work in like 20 minutes.”
    “ Well, if you are already going to be late you might as well stay for breakfast.”
    “ Which room is his?” I repeated.
    Ten minutes later, I was walking out the front door with Jess trailing behind me. The cab was supposed to arrive any minute. “You could have at least let me get dressed!” Jess struggled to strap on her sandals.
    “ Thanks for an amazing night, Allison!” Levi laughed.
    “ I didn’t tell you that you had to leave, just that I was leaving.”
    “ Why are you so mad?”
    “ I so don’t have to answer that.”
    “ I thought you and Levi hit it off. You two were pretty cozy last night.”
    “ Don’t start. He has some nerve insinuating anything happened between us.”
    “ Wait. So nothing happened?”
    “ No, thankfully I slept on the couch.”
    “ Then why did Levi thank you for an amazing night?” Jess looked perplexed.
    “ He thinks he’s a comedian and that falling asleep on the sofa counts as spending the night together.”
    Jess busted out laughing. “You two slept on the sofa together? Man, that guy must really be into you to forgo his own bed to curl up with you on the couch.”
    “ Aren’t I lucky?”
    “ I’d be jealous except that I had a great time with Jared last night.” Jess smiled but something didn’t look right about it, like it was forced.
    “ Please, no details,” I begged.
    I got through my morning work in one piece, but Jess didn’t. She lasted maybe an hour before disappearing back upstairs to take a nap. I sat in the office behind the front desk doing mostly paperwork, drinking copious amounts of water, and trying to forget the night before. Obviously Jess was into Jared, so I was already trying to come up with excuses for why I wouldn’t hang out with his friends, other than the obvious reason that I wanted to avoid Levi.
     
    ***
    “ Ready for lunch?” I looked up from the pile of papers in front of me with a start.
    “ What are you doing back here, Levi?”
    “ Oh, Natalie told me I could come back.”
    “ Oh, did she?” I didn’t want to get angry with the manager, but it annoyed me that she would just let him back into the office.
    “ Yeah. You ready?”
    “ I’m not having lunch with you.” I tried to keep my voice down so none of the other employees would hear. Unfortunately, Levi didn’t do the same.
    “ Well, you left without letting me make you breakfast this morning, so I thought I could at least take you to lunch.” I felt the eyes of everyone in the office staring at me. I got up, grabbed Levi’s arm and dragged him down the hall.
    “ I don’t know what kind of game you’re playing, but I’m not having it.”
    “ What game? It’s just lunch.”
    “ So, you just like humiliating me in front of the people I work with?”
    “ That humiliated you?”
    “ Of course it did!” I said exasperated. “Now they think I slept with you.”
    “ And that’s a problem because…”
    “ Because this is my dad’s hotel. Okay, Levi? My dad’s. I don’t need my dad hearing about this and thinking his daughter is some sort of slut.”
    “ Being slutty would imply spending the night with lots of guys, not just one. Heck, you can even tell him I’m your boyfriend if it makes you feel better.”
    “ My what?”
    “ Your boyfriend.”
    “ Do you even know what that word means? Have you ever had a relationship that lasted more than a few days?” I had no idea what his dating history was, but he seemed like a player to me and I was angry.
    “ There is a first time for everything. Most girls would want to tame me.”
    “ Tame you? Oh my god, leave. Just leave, okay?”
    “ Not until you agree to go out with me.”
    “ You have to be kidding me.”
    “ Not at all. I have no place to be, I’m staying here until you agree.”
    “ Why? What angle are you playing?”
    “ First you accuse me of playing games and now angles. You aren’t