Hearing that, I was genuinely stunned. Deep down, I didn’t believe for a second that the “her” Sean meant was me.

How could I possibly have anything to do with Sean—the untouchable, unobtainable beauty?

Talia kept going. “Then the two of them got into a full-on fight. The nurses had to pull them apart. Back then I didn’t think much of it—why would Sean say he met you first? And Maverick didn’t argue at all. Lately you’ve been saying you keep ...