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  1. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  2. PROLOGUE HIM
  3. CHAPTER ONE AUDREY
  4. CHAPTER TWO CAT
  5. CHAPTER THREE AUDREY
  6. CHAPTER FOUR CAT
  7. CHAPTER FIVE AUDREY
  8. CHAPTER SIX CAT
  9. CHAPTER SEVEN HIM
  10. CHAPTER EIGHT AUDREY
  11. CHAPTER NINE AUDREY
  12. CHAPTER TEN HIM
  13. CHAPTER ELEVEN CAT
  14. CHAPTER TWELVE AUDREY
  15. CHAPTER THIRTEEN HIM
  16. CHAPTER FOURTEEN AUDREY
  17. CHAPTER FIFTEEN HIM
  18. CHAPTER SIXTEEN CAT
  19. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN AUDREY
  20. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN CAT
  21. CHAPTER NINETEEN HIM
  22. CHAPTER TWENTY AUDREY
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE CAT
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO AUDREY
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE AUDREY
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR HIM
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE CAT
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX AUDREY
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN HIM
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT CAT
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE HIM
  32. CHAPTER THIRTY AUDREY
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE CAT
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO AUDREY
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE AUDREY
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR AUDREY
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE CAT
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX AUDREY
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN AUDREY
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT HIM
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE CAT
  42. CHAPTER FORTY AUDREY
  43. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE HIM
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO AUDREY
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE AUDREY
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR CAT
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE HIM
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX AUDREY
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN AUDREY
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT HIM
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE AUDREY
  52. CHAPTER FIFTY CAT
  53. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE AUDREY
  54. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO CAT
  55. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE AUDREY
  56. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR HIM
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE CAT
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX AUDREY
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN MAX
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT CAT
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE AUDREY
  62. CHAPTER SIXTY MAX
  63. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  64. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

He blinked, his normally overly confident smile wavering. “Audrey—”

“Spin class, remember?” I danced a few steps away and then winked at him. “But maybe I’ll see you tonight?”

His smile slowly returned. “I’ll definitely see you.”

CHAPTER FIFTEEN HIM

Audrey stopped at Columbia Brews for an almond milk latte, her long-standing drink of choice, every morning on her way to work. I knew this both because she regularly posted the coffee shop to her Instagram Stories and because I was sometimes waiting for her there. I sat in the back with a book of poetry propped in front of my face, my hair concealed beneath a Nationals baseball cap. I was hiding, yes, but I was also daring her to notice me. Observing her like this was dangerous, I knew. If caught, I could be risking our entire future. But I couldn’t help myself. I loved seeing her move through her daily routine.

I watched as she waited for that morning’s almond milk latte, her elegant fingers tapping on her phone, pausing only to tuck some fiery strands of hair behind her ear. A collection of tiny gold earrings glittered in the light, and my mouth ached to kiss her soft earlobes, to work my tongue around each and every one of those delicate golden rings.

When are you going to realize how much I love you?

Being this close to her and not telling her how much I worshipped her was sometimes so painful I could feel my bone marrow sizzling, and yet I continued to torture myself. Someday soon I would find the words to tell her how I felt, to tell her that we belonged together, hearts beating in tandem, forever.

I watched in despair as she walked out the door, drink in hand, head bent over her phone.

She was gone.

For now.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN CAT

Come on, Cat,” Audrey’s voice pleaded. “All work and no play makes Cat a dull girl.”

Unbidden, Emily Snow manifested before me. Still a leggy thirteen years old and wearing her green-and-white Camp Blackwood T-shirt, she placed one dainty hand on a thin hip and used the other to toss corn-silk hair over her shoulder. As if, she sneered. You’re so dull.

“Go away,” I whispered to the apparition, squeezing my eyes shut.

“What did you say?”

I cracked an eye open and exhaled with relief. Emily was gone. She couldn’t hurt me anymore. She couldn’t hurt anyone anymore.

“Nothing,” I said to Audrey, tucking my phone under my chin and glancing at the stack of cases on my desk. “I was talking to my assistant. Anyway, I’m really sorry, but—”

“No way. I’m not taking no for an answer. You have to come celebrate me. A girl doesn’t get featured as an ‘Influencer to Watch’ in Glamour every day.”

“I know, and I’m thrilled—”

“Did you know I gained five thousand new followers today? Five thousand. This is huge, and, honestly, I think it’s partially because you’re rubbing off on me. All those nights you blow me off to work have inspired me to do the same. I totally owe you a glass of champagne or five. Hell, I owe you a whole bottle.”