**Part 1: Meeting. (We’re setting context here. Part 2 will give us the spicy stuff…)**
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“What are you doing tomorrow?” Phil asks. I can hear a smile in his voice over the phone.
“Hmm. Nothing,” I answer, flipping onto my stomach in bed. Phil hums in approval.
“Well, good. I’ve booked a hotel,” he tells me. “I’m gonna come and take you on a date.”
I laugh, biting my lip. “Oh, you have, have you? What if I was busy?”
Phil chuckles. We haven’t met yet, but after these nightly calls we’ve been having for the past month since we met on a dating app, I’ve become used to the sound of his laugh and the way it makes goosebumps travel up my arms. “If you were busy… Well, I simply would have taken myself on a trip to your town, sulked around on my own, and hoped you’d come to your senses.”
“Well, we can’t have that, can we?” I smile, resting my chin on my hand, my elbows propping me up. “I’d love to go on a date with you.”