Love at First Hiss
If Miles weren't ridiculously lucky, Olivia would already be moving on to someone else.
At the same time, the guard said, "Miss, you're free to keep pets, but you can't let a snake that big just wander around. You're gonna scare somebody. If I hadn't suddenly remembered seeing this snake sunbathing by your window earlier, we would've killed your pet and made a pair of boots out of it."
As soon as the black snake heard that, it shuddered and dove straight down my collar.
[Whoa, not fair! I want Miles's point of view!]