7 Chapter 7

He glanced around as casually as he could, but if Bryce was in the vicinity, he couldn’t see him. “I’m actually here with a friend,” he said, his attention back on Dean. “But it looks like he’s still browsing, so would you like to go get a coffee or something?”

“I was just thinking about how much I’d like some coffee,” Dean said, putting the book back on the shelf where he found it. “Your friend’s not going to mind if you get some coffee without him, right?”

“Oh, no. Really, he’s just a friend. Not, you know, a friend.”