Lila’s Pov

My apartment felt strangely quiet as I got ready for my date with Jake Ramirez. Usually I liked the quiet it helped me think plan organize. But tonight it just felt empty.

A part of me the logical part still wondered why I was doing this. Jake was everything I usually avoided too charming too easygoing too much like a disruption to my perfectly ordered life.

Yet as I smoothed down my black dress a faint flutter of something not quite nerves not quite dread but a fizz of ...