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ingredients I couldn’t identify were simmering.
    He stirred the egg mixture with a wooden spoon before turning off the burner. “I couldn’t sleep last night. I looked for some food in your fridge, but all you had was some leftover Chinese. So I went to the nearest convenience store and picked up some eggs and other stuff to mix with it. Then I figured, it was close enough to morning, might as well make breakfast.”
    “You didn’t have to do that ...”
    “Yeah, but I wanted to.” The large grin on his face was contagious and I couldn’t help smiling too.
    “I hope you didn’t wear my robe to the store.”
    He shook his head. “Naw, I put this on after my shower. I hope you don’t mind.”
    “No, it looks good on you.”
    He placed a quick, chaste kiss on my forehead. “I’m sure it looks even better on you.”
    I heard Paige stumble into the kitchen before I saw her. For being so tiny she wasn’t very graceful, especially before she had her morning caffeine shot. “What the hell is this?”
    I gasped, jumping back like I just got caught making out by my mom as a teenager. “Wes was just making us breakfast. Isn’t that nice?”
    She curled her upper lip, slowly walking into the kitchen and grabbing Dexter off the counter. “What is that shit?”
    She held Dexter tight against her, hiding her giant fake boobs that spilled out of her tank top. I prayed that Wes wasn’t staring at them or thinking that maybe it was time to trade me in for my roommate.
    “Eggs and some leftovers. My Meemaw used to call it a morning scramble. She’d mix together whatever we had in the fridge with eggs and call it good,” Wes said as I grabbed two plates from the cupboard above us.
    “Ugh.” Paige rolled her eyes and turned away, walking the few steps over to the coffee pot, grabbing one of the mugs from the hook above it and pouring herself a cup. “Like that shit won ’t stick to my thighs for a week. No thank you.”
    “ It’s protein. Maybe it’ll make you a bit happier if you got some meat on your bones,” Wes said, taking the plate that I handed him.
    Paige rolled her eyes. “How long are you going to be here again?”
    Wes looked at me, his eyes practically blasting a hole through me. I didn’t know what answer he wanted me to give, so I gave the truth. “We’re meeting with a lawyer today over my lunch and seeing what happens.”
    Paige took a sip of her coffee as Dexter jumped down and immediately ran over to Wes, rubbing against his legs and purring. “So, like, he’s just going to stay here and hang out in our apartment until you guys figure shit out?”
    “Would you prefer he do something else? Stay out on the street?”
    Paige opened her mouth to speak, but Wes spoke first. “You know, I can answer for myself , ladies.”
    He looked from Paige to me. “I can leave if y’all really need me to. I don’t want to mess up the roommate dynamic.”
    I shook my head. “No. It’s fine. You’re totally fine staying here. Paige just doesn’t like men around unless they’re carrying a platinum card.”
    “That’s totally not true. I sure as hell don’t care for Max. At least Tex here isn’t as big of a douche as he is,” Paige snapped.
    “Well—”
    I cut Wes off before he could say anything else. “Can we just drop all of this? I need to shower and get ready for work and I know you do too, Paige. We can figure all of this out later. Let’s just get through the morning first.”
    “Fine,” Paige grumbled.
    I looked up at Wes, his eyebrows knitted together like he was deep in thought, but he didn’t say anything. He only shook his head and then went back to humming and plated our food.

A Couple Hours Later
     
    My PR firm was right off Michigan Avenue. When I first got the job I thought it was a dream come true, to be along the Magnificent Mile and the world’s greatest shopping. Then reality set in and so did my salary. Which was less than some of the handbags they had at