When Molly meets her intimidating new boss, Beatrice, she’s judged by her last name and fancy connections—not her talent. But Molly’s no pushover. She loves her job with the Washington Wolves and won’t let anyone doubt her. A powerful project with Amazon lands in her lap, and now, she must prove she’s more than just a pretty face.
I answered with the same level of patience that I had her previous sixteen questions about Bauer. “No, Paige, I don’t.” Whatever she saw on her phone screen made her bring it up closer to her face. My sister Isabel, older than Lia and me by two years, peeked over her shoulder and hummed appreciatively.…
“Why should I help you, Adele?” I asked. Simply because of the time I’d get with Claire, I’d go, but I sure as hell wasn’t about to make this easy on my stepmother. While she tempered her excitement, I crossed my arms and tried to decide if I should feel bad for being such an…
How could Finn not warn Lia? So fricken what if he was sick and it was Bauer’s idea to step in tonight? Did he lose the ability to text? Could Adele’s chicken noodle soup not fix his arms? The ungracious thought—especially about Finn, who’d never done anything to deserve it—brought me up short. “One night…
My honesty took me by surprise. Not because I wasn’t a generally honest person. But I’d barely given the thought any time to process, and boom, there it tumbled out of my mouth. Bauer hummed. “Not far off, I guess. But you have to admit, the fact that I met you because you inexplicably showed…
“You did not,” Lia said. “I absolutely did.” I gestured right back at Claire. “You two may look alike, but when someone is put into a surprising position, you can’t mask that immediate reaction.” They shared another look. Claire broke it off when her eyelids fell shut. “She was prepared to fake it in front…
“I’m full of surprises, too,” I told her. “Apparently.” “So …” I watched her face. “Shall I tell you what else I know about Lia Ward, and you tell me if I’ve been wrong for all these years.” Her jaw set stubbornly. “That doesn’t sound like a very fun game.” “No?” I turned her again,…
I opened my mouth, then paused just before I formed my own name. I swallowed heavily. “Lia Ward.” Richard smiled. “It’s been a genuine pleasure to meet you, young lady.” Another voice joined us, just as his big hand slid around my waist, settling easily on the bare skin where my dress gaped open. “There…
The black sheep. The rebel. In a sea of black ties and decorum, he was covered in ink and attitude. What I didn’t know, and what I couldn’t stop trying to uncover as I watched his parents to my right, and him to my left, was whether Bauer had chosen that role, or if it…
Oh, my sister owed me so, so big for this night. But that, of course, was the irony. Before she asked me, all I could think about was my annoyance that Finn hadn’t responded to whatever it was that made me so different from Lia. And that was held up in strange juxtaposition with our…
Not much, I thought with a frown. A student. Somewhere. Majoring in … something smart sounding. I rolled my eyes. No wonder nobody invited me places. “And you said Finn is sick?” she asked. Humming my agreement, I stepped behind her so that I could open the passenger side door of my Jeep for her.…