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by Mrjakobs

Chapter 19

The Commons at Godfrey were slower than normal, but Noah wasn't complaining. Once a private library built in the late 1800s, the building had been painstakingly restored rather than replaced. Sunlight cast against arching stained-glass windows, scattering soft jewels of color acr...

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Chapter 21

Rachel stepped out of the bedroom in her softest pair of athletic shorts and a cropped tank. She tugged at the hem, giving the illusion of adjusting something that didn’t need fixing. She could feel Noah's eyes gravitate towards her as she walked into the living room. At least th...

by Mrjakobs

Chapter 27

Two weeks had passed, and Rachel made every effort to keep her life as quiet as possible. She silenced text notifications, left Ethan’s messages on read, declined Mike’s impromptu visits, and pretended everything was normal. She even tried to pretend she was normal. Knowing, deep...

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Chapter 33

Noah sat in his car in the parking lot, watching as wedding guests passed. He was waiting for his buzz to wear off. He was waiting for the shock to wear off. Mel had kissed him. Or, he had kissed Mel. His heart pooled with guilt. He rummaged for the words to say to Rachel, all th...

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Chapter 42

"Oh my god, Noah?!" Allison said as she stepped toward him, all too eagerly. Noah couldn't register what he was seeing. It was Allison, but also a complete stranger. She had changed so much since he’d last seen her. As always, she was beautiful, but it had become something dange...

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Chapter 43

Fred never understood how Noah had gotten Rachel to be his girlfriend. She was, on all fronts, way out of his league. And Fred would know, he had done his homework. On nearly all the forums he had posted her picture on, she had scored an eight or higher every time. That was unhea...