** Eli **
Harper was supposed to be the inexperienced one. Or so she claimed. But as Eli followed her gaze to their interlaced fingers, he had a feeling that she understood their current situation way better than him … and certainly knew how to handle it way better than him.
"I want you to know two things." She brushed her thumb softly against his. "First, I never judged you for what you told me on Saturday, and I never will. We made it a clear rule at the beginning that our weekend meetings didn't count as dating, so having dinner with Vanessa doesn't make you the same as your father. In fact, if there's anyone you feel like you might have 'cheated on', it should probably be her instead of me, since she appears to be under the impression that you were officially seeing each other."
Eli flinched so hard at her words that his fingers twitched.
