Page 67 of Getting Down to Business

“I’m going to go down and see Chanda. I think we’ve set some good boundaries here, but, you know.” Yeah. He knew. He wanted to get back to his girl too. Except Grayson didn’t have a girl.

Alyssa was lying on the sofa watching reality TV when he came in.

“Wow, it’s early,” she mentioned.

“Is it?” It felt like it had been hours.

“It’s not even ten.”

“Right. Well, it was kind of lame.”

“Kind of lame at a bar so you came home to watch television and eat leftover Chinese with me?” She laughed. Obviously unaware it was the “with me” part that had him home so early.

“Sure. It was a long day. I just want to unwind.”

“I bought beer.” She held one up for him.

“Thank you, Genie. You only have two more wishes to fulfill.”

“I bought the cookies you wanted, and your new toothbrush is on the counter. Consider me retired.”

They snuggled on the sofa, drinking beer and making fun of the people on TV the rest of the night. He let her use the bathroom first when it was time to go to bed. It was only when he walked in the bathroom that he realized he was smiling.

He’d been in relationships before, but none of them had felt like this. This unrelationship was the best thing that had ever happened to him.