“All right, I guess. School’s great, and the contract web work is a lot better than being locked at one company full time. But I don’t feel like I’m connecting to anyone except you guys and Nick. Are people in Boston not very friendly?” “So it’s been rumored. Or maybe it has something to do with you getting a new boyfriend so soon after moving here? Like maybe you’re a little distracted?” Selene laughed. “Yeah, Nick’s definitely distracting, though he’s not exactly a boyfriend.” Before she’d said it, the thought hadn’t been disturbing, just the matter-of-fact truth that was easy to accept when she wasn’t in Nick’s arms. As the words came out, though, she felt like she’d swallowed a stone. She’d been calling him a boyfriend to Molly, not sure how to describe the relationship that wouldn’t make Molly’s head explode, but that wasn’t what he was, was he? She reminded herself firmly that when she’d gotten in the relationship, she’d been clear she wanted to keep it casual, for all kinds of reasons that still applied.
