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Prologue

Allie

Sitting alone in the bathroo down at the little white stick inmy head around how I’d found myself here Not literally, since I was happy to finally be back inI figured was many years ahead, if ever for me Alone

“You can’t put it off any longer,” Ithe protective cap fronancy test between s until my urine hit it midstream I left the stick there while I counted to ten, then yanked it away to put the cap back on and stare at the test hile I finished peeing As I held onto the test as though it was aze locked on that tiny , it was a little aard to wipe, flush, and pull a pants up Then I set the stick on the counter so I could wash my hands

The next five est of my life as I paced in front of the sink My emotions seesawed back and forth On one hand, I hoped the test was positive because then at least I’d always have a part of ative so I wouldn’t be forced to see the cheating bastard on the regular for at least the next eighteen or so years

When the time was finally up, I took a deep breath and forced oing to be okay Between e since they were attached at the hip—I had an incredible support syste off, and it wasn’t like I couldn’t write fronant

I could handle anything

Even the two pink lines that had appeared in the test

“Holy crap, I’h the results didn’t come as a total shock My period usually ca a week and a half late was unheard of forup the fil on the first script I’d ever sold…and the shock of finding out that Vaughn hadlike I was the only woo withbetween us had seemed so perfect We’d barely lefthour together and having sex countless tinant

When lanced quickly at the screen while picking it up I was expecting to see Morgan’s name on the screen since she was the only one I’d talked to since I got back But as luck would have it, Vaughn was calling ain

Correction I could handle al to theout he’d knocked s

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Allie

7 weeks earlier…

My heart raced in an Kelly, arten, out of the limousine It was hard to believe that ere on the red carpet at the Oscars with everyone cla to talk to her because she was up for a Best Actress award After I fixed the train on her killer dress, Morgan stepped forward I htly out of viehile Gloria Garrison, Morgan’s director in Diht, joined her on the red carpet

“Morgan, care to tell us who your mystery man is?”

“Gloria, do you knoho it is?”

“Yet another reporter who deserves horrible diarrhea,” I mumbled under my breath My annoyance ste the questions were ruining her big moment They should have focused on her Best Actress no with The questions had been relentless ever since a photographer snapped a picture of the huge hickey on the back of her neck last weekend The interest in uncovering the identity of her mystery man was intense, but her lips stayed sealed because the press would go wild if they knew she’d snagged the unattainable Gage Ryan as her boyfriend

She and Gage had been keeping their relationship on the do, but I’d had a ringside seat to their romance The sparks between them had been instantaneous, so it hadn’t been a surprise toon the door of the condo I shared with her theafter they met It had been incredible to watch uy who looked at her like she was the only wo a time or two since I didn’t have afor one My focus was on my career because it needed to be