The phone rang until it cut off—no answer from Zachary.

After getting my hair done, it was already late, so I headed to the networking event.

Only then did I realize—it was a couples' event. Everyone had brought a date. I stood alone in the middle of the room, painfully aware of how out of place I looked..

Then someone tapped my shoulder: "What are you spacing out for? I've been waiting fifteen minutes."

That familiar voice—I turned, ...