Chapter 1

“Seriously? You’re worked up about him shaving?” my best friend Lucy let out an exasperated laugh. “Since when is

that a crime?”

“He never shaves at night,” I said quietly.

“Oh come on, maybe he had a dinner meeting!”

I shook my head firmly.

“Lucy, you know Nathan. Home by seven, lights out by eleven – the man runs like clockwork. He hasn’t done a business dinner in years.”

“Right, because he’s too busy being madly in love with you,” Lucy countered, her expression softening. “Emma, please tell me you’re not actually worried about this?

managed a small

“Of course not.”

if on cue, my phone lit up with Nathan’s

Get some food

you’ve been wanting to see.”

he reserved just for me, like someone speaking to their most

the world

listening in, shaking

& Associates could hear their

ruthless Wall Street legend who’d built an empire

five, and this tender, attentive version of Nathan had always been mine alone. He could recite my coffee order in his sleep, knew exactly which designer’s new collection would catch my eye, could tell from

streak. Spent the night at The Plaza. When I came home the next morning, I found him on our living room couch, still in yesterday’s suit, looking like he’d aged years overnight. The moment he saw me,

at the Hamptons last year. Our vacation villa caught fire while

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