Opposites Attract: An Enemies to Lovers, Neighbors to Lovers Romantic Comedy (First Comes Love Book , Camilla Isley [novels for students txt] 📗

our date as a sign you didn’t care enough. But what I hadn’t realized is that you’ve been showing up for me—and Tegan—for as long as we’ve known you.” She pauses again. “Except maybe for that first day at the office.”

I raise an eyebrow in a “Do you really want to go there?” way.

She falters. “What I’m trying to say is that, except being a lunatic about donuts, you’ve pushed and shoved your way into my heart, and now I couldn’t get you out even if I wanted to.”

“But you want me out?”

“No, I don’t.” Vivian shakes her head vigorously. “I want you in, so in… That is, I mean, if you still want me?”

The vulnerability in her voice makes me crack. Who am I kidding? She could’ve come here and told me, “You take me back right now, you dumb fool,” and I would have agreed without a second thought.

She’s suffered enough. I’ve suffered enough.

I relax my shoulders and straighten away from the doorframe, taking a step toward her. “Can I say you had me at donuts?”

“Really? Because you were grilling me pretty heavily a second ago.”

“I had to play a little hard to get, didn’t I? Plus, when am I ever going to hear you say again that you’re wrong?”

“I never said I was wrong. I said I was sorry, and that I have trust issues.”

“Still, you were groveling.”

“I was apologizing, in a totally dignified way.”

“Apology accepted,” I say, taking the box of donuts from her hands and dropping it on the hall’s cabinet. I pull her inside the condo and shut the door behind us. “And now I want to kiss you, and I’m asking in a totally undignified way. Do you have any objections, counselor?”

Vivian’s smile is bright as she throws her arms around my neck. “Not a one.”

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Sneak Peek – I Have Never

One

Never Make a Scene

The day it all goes wrong starts as a more or less ordinary one. My fit watch startles me awake at dawn and, forty minutes later, notifies me I’ve run five miles through Central Park. A perfect six-minute-per-mile time.

Back at Gerard’s apartment, he’s still asleep. I peel off my sweaty clothes, take a quick shower, and wake Sleeping Boyfriend with a kiss and the aroma of French-pressed mocha.

“Morning, sleepy head,” I say affectionately.

“What time is it?” he asks, still groggy.

“Six-thirty, time to go.”

Gerard groans and shuffles out of bed. We eat breakfast in the kitchen listening to the morning news. Me wearing a towel, him in boxer shorts.

Fifteen minutes later, I brush crumbs off my lips and get up. “I’d better get going, big day ahead!”

“Oh, right. The announcement for the new junior editor is today.”

“Yes, this morning.”

“Nervous?”

“Positive,” I say, showing more confidence than I feel.

“Listen, babe,” Gerard says, jaw twitching. A sign he’s worried. “Why don’t we go out tonight to… mmm… celebrate?” He’s being awkward. Why is he so tense? “I want to talk to you about something important.”

Something important? Is Gerard finally going to propose? After three years together, it’s about time.

I smile slyly. “Sure, dinner out sounds amazing.”

P&P. Promotion and proposal all in one day. This is going to be the best day of my life.

“Now I really have to get ready for the office.” I kiss Gerard’s forehead. “Text me when you’ve made a reservation, yeah?”

He nods, and I waltz into his room to change. Many people hate their jobs, but I love mine. Well, not exactly the job I have—advertising—but the job I could have starting today. Junior Fashion Editor of Évoque Magazine, the top female media brand in the world. Marketing was just my way in—an editorial position has always been the end goal.

Unfortunately, almost everyone else working at Évoque shares this dream. But I still hope to beat the odds. Annabelle Visser, our Editor-in-Chief—yeah, the mean devil wearing Prada—more than hinted that sales numbers will weigh in the decision. Since joining Évoque five years ago, I’ve worked like a slave to become the star of my department. So if not written in stone, my promotion has at least been stitched in silk.

On all fours, I retrieve my sleepover bag from under Gerard’s bed. One of my chief rules in relationships is don’t move in without a ring. So whenever I spend the night at Gerard’s house, I bring the