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Chapters (68)
  1. Partner Pursuit
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Chapter One
  6. Chapter Two
  7. Chapter Three
  8. Chapter Four
  9. Chapter Five
  10. Chapter Six
  11. Chapter Seven
  12. Re: Whitaker retirement party
  13. Chapter Nine
  14. Chapter Ten
  15. Chapter Eleven
  16. Chapter Twelve
  17. Chapter Thirteen
  18. Chapter Fourteen
  19. Chapter Fifteen
  20. Chapter Sixteen
  21. Chapter Seventeen
  22. Chapter Eighteen
  23. Chapter Nineteen
  24. Chapter Twenty
  25. Friday, New York City
  26. Chapter Twenty-Two
  27. Chapter Twenty-Three
  28. Chapter Twenty-Four
  29. Chapter Twenty-Five
  30. Chapter Twenty-Six
  31. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  32. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  33. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  34. Chapter Thirty
  35. Chapter Thirty-One
  36. Chapter Thirty-Two
  37. Chapter Thirty-Three
  38. Chapter Thirty-Four
  39. Chapter Thirty-Five
  40. Chapter Thirty-Six
  41. Subject: Deposition of Plaintiff in James case
  42. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  43. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  44. Subject: Mentors Found
  45. Chapter Forty-One
  46. Chapter Forty-Two
  47. Chapter Forty-Three
  48. Chapter Forty-Four
  49. Jake: While you’re stuck at work, think about this: I thought you might want to do a yoga session while I’m surfing in Santa Teresa. Should I book?
  50. Chapter Forty-Six
  51. Chapter Forty-Seven
  52. Chapter Forty-Eight
  53. Chapter Forty-Nine
  54. Chapter Fifty
  55. Chapter Fifty-One
  56. Chapter Fifty-Two
  57. Chapter Fifty-Three
  58. Chapter Fifty-Four
  59. Chapter Fifty-Five
  60. Chapter Fifty-Six
  61. Chapter Fifty-Seven
  62. Chapter Fifty-Eight
  63. Chapter Fifty-Nine
  64. Chapter Sixty
  65. Chapter Sixty-One
  66. About the Author
  67. Acknowledgements
  68. On any top-ten list of best Sunday plans, today’s brunch with my former crush and his new girlfriend would rank number eleven … hundred. Times five. But I couldn’t say no. We’re still friends.

“He was kind of sweet, and apparently he likes to cook. I talked to him for a while in the kitchen. He was even helpful. He said he’d heard a lot about me from you.”

“Points for Tim!” Max said. “I couldn’t tell if he liked you. You didn’t talk to him much, although you did look intimate together by the glass door.”

“No, Jake pulled me away from Tim, and we started dancing. And I really felt like there was chemistry and it was going to happen.”

“I thought so too,” Max said, rubbing her shoulders.

“And Tim came with Colette, so I thought that they might be dating. But then she left with some friend from college. Tim probably thinks I’m dating Jake.”

“After last night . . . yes.”

Audrey’s work phone beeped. She rummaged around in her bag looking for it and said that it was probably Malaburn. “We’re filing our brief, and he keeps texting me changes. He dribbles them out like a sort of torture.”

“It’s good you can joke about it.” Max exchanged a concerned look with Eve.

Audrey intercepted that glance. “I’m better at handling him than I was the first time. But I’ll be glad when this is filed and he doesn’t have an excuse to text me every day.” She read the text. “It’s Tim. And he’s asking me if I want to see a movie tonight!”

“Way to go!” Max said.

“Men. Competition works. And he’s asking you for tonight to see if anything happened last night.” Eve shook her head.

“Well, be coy about Jake. Don’t admit that nothing happened,” Max said.

“Great, so I’m going to look like a slut,” Audrey said.

“No, she should say nothing happened, and act surprised that he thought something did, but that they’re VERY close friends. It implies something could happen at any moment, and he better wrap this deal up!” Eve said.

“Damn, Eve, you’re devious,” Max said, shaking his head.

“I can’t believe I’m going on a date with Tim after the party last night. But I wish it was Jake asking me. Maybe I should say no.”

“You might as well go out to a movie with Tim and see what’s going on. You’ve had a crush on him for two years. And I don’t know what’s up with Jake. This ex seems to have made him really hesitant to get involved again,” Eve said.

Audrey nodded. She had had a crush on Tim for two years, before she met Jake. And he did support her career, warning her about Colette. She texted back yes to Tim.

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-One