ROOMMATES WITH BENEFITS PT 2Morning light cut through the thin curtains and landed on the kitchen table. Lila stood at the counter pouring coffee into two mugs. Harper sat already, hair still damp from a quick shower, wearing an oversized shirt that hung off one shoulder. Neither of them had slept more than a couple of hours.Lila set a mug in front of Harper and took the chair across from her. The silence stretched until it felt deliberate.“Thesis defense is next month,” Lila said. “I’m behind on the last chapter.”Harper wrapped both hands around her mug.“I’ve got a shift at the bookstore until six. Then I might meet some people from class.”“Okay.”“You running later?”“Probably, I should.”The conversation stayed on the surface, weather, groceries, and whose turn it was to buy dish soap. They avoided every reference to the couch, the clothes on the floor, and the way they had tasted each other only hours earlier. Lila’s eyes flicked once to the soft line of Harper’s collarbone
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