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Their laughter blended easily with the background hum of the restaurant, and for a moment Layla almost forgot this was all pretend.
By the time their food arrived, their conversation had drifted into lighter, sillier territory. Layla had found herself leaning forward, laughing at Ethan’s ridiculous office stories—like how one of his coworkers swore his stapler was haunted because it kept disappearing, only to be found in the fridge.
“You’re making that up,” she said, cutting into her food.
“I swear I’m not,” Ethan said, grinning. “And I was the unlucky guy who found it next to someone’s yogurt cup. Still don’t know how it got there.”
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