Today's OneWord: Prefer

Stanley would have preferred it if he had never seen Howard again, but of course it couldn't work out that way. He caught a glimpse of him, dressed in that old blue suit that he hated, sipping a stiff martini, propped against the bar at Lorena and Xiu's wedding reception. Stanley blinked slowly at first, then desired something to drink. But in order to get said drink, he had to slip into Howard's periphery.