“Julia likes to talk,” he said.

“Pillow talk?” Allegra asked bitterly.

Entirely missing the point, Hugo thought.

“That was a long time ago,” he said. “You know, that Christmas night…”

“I don’t want to talk about it.”

“But we should have.”

“What was there to say?” Allegra said. “I kissed you and Julia got mad and she dumped you and that was that.”

“Is that what she told you happened?”

“You never spoke to me again,” Allegra said, her color rising.

“You were fifteen Allegra. I never should have kissed you.”

“I kissed you first.”

“And I kissed you back,” Hugo said,...

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