Two weeks had passed since my date with Anton, and during that time, I had gone on plenty more dates, both with him and with Luke. There was only a little more than a week left of my Lush experience and yet, I still hadn’t chosen one of them.

It wasn’t from lack of trying or even because of my job distracting me—though the completed draft of Worn Down Stones was finally going through its final check and I would soon see the sample print.

I had finally managed ...