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Chapter One

Brenna

There is a ti their true loves and suddenly everything is a couple’s deal, coer part of, and ugh! Sohtmare

Not very eloquent, I realize, but that’s eneral sentiment at the moment

I reat Adaer and empathized? Maybe that’s just me God, I hope it isn’t just me

Not that I don’t believe in love; I dwell under the blinding light of its shining splendor alht , years of searching for that spark and getting only tiny flickers, I’

More to the point, I’m busy

Even so, I’hborhood bar for a much-needed vodka tonic

Thankfully, le—and thus notfor ht and croith young professionals like et laid if opportunity strikes Unfortunately, I’ but annoyance and ret The kind you have when you order the dinner special because it sounds fantastic, but it ends up leaving you with raging heartburn

“Hey,” Jules says with a smile “I’ve already ordered for us”

After three years of working together, she knows exactly what I like to drink And I could kiss her right now for saving oddess of the highest order You know that, right?”

“Of course, I do You’re in a mood, aren’t you?” Jules asks as I plop down opposite her

“I just came back froer to ward off her comment “And Killian and Libby”

Jules’s nose wrinkles in sympathy “Stuck in a lovefest, eh?”