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Manolo laughed and started to eat some of his pizza. “I have no doubt you would. It’s like that Shakespeare quote ‘Though she be little, she is fierce.’ Sorry I’m an english professor so things like that come to me a lot.”
“Yeah! I moved here about four years ago. I didn’t think I would love it as much as I do here but it’s an absolutely amazing city. How long have you been here?”
Usually, Lilac finds people who went to college and brag about it to be insufferable. Truly, completely insufferable. Few things bother her like being asked where she went to school or the way people’s eyes glaze over when she admits she dropped out. But somehow, she doesn’t believe that he means it in a snobbish way. He’s passionate about what he teaches, she guesses. And it’s not actually that annoying. She gives him a sly look and cocks her head. “You think I’m fierce? Good.”
“Not as long, only a few weeks. I’m sure you can guess what ‘inspired’ the move.”















