Chapter 75. Let’s Dance, Sweetheart

Wren POV

“What?!” I shriek.

My breath ceases in my lungs, stomach hollowing out.

Ezra slumps down on his bed, hand in his hair.

“Yea,” he croaks, lifting red-rimmed eyes to me. “We’re on a search for a boyfriend worthy of you.”

The words come out bitter, dry.

He told me about Ray’s dumb idea to get me a boyfriend. And I’m speechless, at a total loss for words.

“W-what did you say?”

“What would you have me say, Wren? Ray will never approve of this, he’s not going to accept it.”

“B-but we can try.” I stand between his legs. “We have to try, baby.”

His jaw tightens. “He’s gonna hate me.”

“He’ll understand.”

Tugging his hair, he sighs. “Fuck! This…we should not have let it get this far, Wren.”

The breath leaves me in a whoosh. I stiffen, mind racing a million miles.

“W-what are you trying to say?” I whisper.

He peers up at me, then tugs me closer to him, wrapping his arms around my