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Chapters (39)
  1. Cover
  2. Praise for Fight or Flight
  3. Praise for New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young
  4. ALSO BY SAMANTHA YOUNG
  5. Epigraph
  6. One
  7. Two
  8. Three
  9. Four
  10. Five
  11. Six
  12. Seven
  13. Eight
  14. Nine
  15. Ten
  16. Eleven
  17. Twelve
  18. Thirteen
  19. Fourteen
  20. Fifteen
  21. Sixteen
  22. Seventeen
  23. Eighteen
  24. Nineteen
  25. Twenty
  26. Twenty-One
  27. Twenty-Two
  28. Twenty-Three
  29. Twenty-Four
  30. Twenty-Five
  31. Twenty-Six
  32. Twenty-Seven
  33. Twenty-Eight
  34. Epilogue
  35. Acknowledgments
  36. Readers Guide
  37. Excerpt from FIGHT OR FLIGHT
  38. About the Author
  39. What’s next onyour reading list?

Dating was not my favorite thing, especially online dating, and I had walls up for miles. However, because Aaron had been so forthcoming, I told him that for the last five years I’d had one bad date after another. How on my thirty-first birthday I’d declared I was taking some time out from dating. Most of my friends tried to be supportive, but you could see the worry in their eyes.

Poor Evie. She’s in her thirties and still single. Shouldn’t she be working harder to find a man, not taking a break?

Only my best friend and soul mate, Greer, genuinely supported this decision. Until I’d turned thirty-three a few months ago, and she’d said it was time I got back on that horse. Two years without sex was unimaginable to her.

Meh.

Honestly, my vibrator was a hundred percent more effective than seven of the eight guys I’d had sex with.

My schedule and Aaron’s did not seem to want to align themselves, and tonight was the first either of us could make work. By the fourth week, it felt like we’d been talking forever, and Aaron had begun to show me his very flirty side.

I felt like I could talk to Aaron in a way I hadn’t connected with a guy in a long time. In my desperate hope that perhaps I’d finally found someone, I’d been far too open with a man I’d never even met.

A man who hadn’t shown up for our date.

I opened my phone again and scrolled through my saved snaps.

AARON T

Tell me your favorite thing about yourself.

ME

I have many flaws . . . but I think I’m kind. I try to be kind.

AARON T

Kindness is underrated. You ARE kind. I can tell. It’s one of my favorite things about you too.

ME

ME

What’s your favorite thing about yourself?

AARON T

My self-awareness. I know when I’m being a dick. I either try to stop myself or I apologize right away.

ME

Self-awareness is also underrated. I like that you’re self-aware.

AARON T

But not that I can be a dick, right?

ME

No one’s perfect. We all have dick days.

AARON T

So what don’t you like about yourself?

ME

If I’m being honest, I have physical insecurities. I’ve gotten more confident over the years, but I still have days I don’t feel great about myself.

AARON T

Why do you have insecurities? You’re fucking gorgeous.

ME

Thanks. But I’m tall and I’m not skinny. Far from it. I’ve gotten a lot of “you’re big for a woman” comments on first dates, followed by them never calling me again.