*Lily*

I was up early that morning, thinking about how my friend Farrah had talked me into dinner with her boyfriend’s friend the night before. She’d been excited when I’d talked about my apartment and the business arrangement with William, though I’d downplayed the part about the date.

“How did it go?” she had asked me.

“Well, I thought it went okay, but now I’m wondering if it was all in my head–the attraction, the romance part. He might ...