I could have counted them off, from “We decide we hate each other” to “We end up in bed.” But I didn’t, because I was still trying to figure her out. The list of possibilities was as long as my arm. “Do you know what’s going to happen if we date?” “I don’t see why a date’s off the table.” I mean, I’m not marriage material, and the odds are that’s never going to change.” “Soon? I don’t like you seeing what I do for a living while you’re in a glass-walled office overlooking the ocean. “It might be a little soon for marriage, but-” My mother couldn’t keep herself from talking if she tried, and I was her favorite subject. “Our parents have been in negotiations about it.” I crowded her back into the bathroom and locked the door behind us. Nothing between us but the question of who we were and how we fit.

Her text came in as I was leaving the meeting.īefore I could finish typing a response, I caught her coming out of the bathroom with her laptop under her arm.Īlone. Neither one of them is feeling good enough about themselves to have a really hot first kiss, which is the same reason they’re not ready to get married.Īfter I left her and CJ with Lucinda, I spent the weekly staff meeting wondering if Rachel was the same warrior I’d loved or if she was more the woman who’d held her laptop to her chest as if she needed protection. And she isn’t ready because her whole idea of herself is tied up in what a failure she is. Sebastian is thinking “now or never” because he thinks Rachel’s never going to think he’s any cooler than when she sees him in the office of his own company. How do they overcome such an incredibly uncomfortable situation? When they were kids they made up a ‘contract’ to get married at 30-which is pretty much panned when they do meet up and have the most awkward first kiss EVER. It’s pure potential and anything can go wrong. Not the lawns.) In the time just before you’re struck by lightning there’s a real electricity. (I know that sounds like I’m your dad telling you to mow lawns, but that’s where the magic is.

I think attraction between strangers is real. They have to shake all that stuff loose before they can see each other. Sebastian was supposed to be an artist and Rachel was supposed to be a screenwriter.

They’re really strangers when they reunite at 30, but they’re burdened by what they think they know about each other. They were friends as kids, but have lost touch as adults… Rachel and Sebastian have an interesting history. Only Ever You is about a girl who planned for everything but never got what she hoped for, and a dweeb who hoped he’d to marry the girl, but never planned for it. Reiss Please introduce your newest release. Reiss is now available, and we’re spotlighting it today on the blog! We’ve got an interview with the author as well as a giveaway below! Author Interview: C.D.

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