Underground Girlfriend? Fine, You're Single Now
The company organizes a team hike. When it's time to split into groups, I look at Malcolm Ridgeway, the man I've been secretly dating for two years.
I expect him to pick me. Instead, he turns to Savannah Leclair, his childhood friend who just got back from being abroad.
"You tire out easily. Join my group, I'll look out for you."
Savannah links her arm through his like it's the most natural thing in the world. Our coworkers eat it up. "Childhood sweethearts really are something else. Malcolm, you're still single, right? You two would be perfect together."
Malcolm doesn't pull away. He just says, "Yeah, I don't have a girlfriend."
I freeze. Just last night, he holds me and promises he'll