Page 41 (1/2)

Chapter One

Julie Greene had built a career out of falling in love Staying in love? Not so much

Julie’s boss apparently hadn’t gotten the memo

“I’ forith a placating smile “You want me to write what?”

Translation: You’re confused I don’t write that shit

Camille Bishop leaned back in her chair and studied Julie with puzzled eyes “I’d have thought you’d be junment after last month”

Julie pursed her lips together and considered Lastthe seven kinds of first kisses had required a lot of research

Pleasant research

But this? A two-page spread, to be called “How to Take Relationships to the Next Level”?

What was Caazine, not Dr Phil Stiletto was sex and high heels, not cos

The rocky post-honeymoon period just wasn’t Julie’s scene Which is not to say she didn’t have plenty of other skills

The first date? She hadfor it

The first kiss? An art for since mastered

The first time you lost your panties in his sheets? Soooo not a problem

This wasn’t to say that Julie had perfected only themilestones, however She also kne to finesse the subtler ht and you thought, Yes, this Julie could explain every single nuance, fro euphoria when his hand brushed yours to the tingle when eyes held for just a beat too long And then there was her personal favorite h for the first tih

Most woht these moments just happened Julie Greene knew better These moments were created

As for what happened after all that good stuff?

Julie couldn’t care less She had no need for the first fight, no desire todirty boxers in her ha room in her bathroom for a man’s razor That was all a one-way trip to Julie’s personal vision of hell: couples ht

Julie had found that the woht as a yardstick of how close to the altar he was After all, if he was satisfied to spend a Friday night at hoht?

Wrong So wrong

Movie night was just another way of saying that you didn’t want to bother dressing up for him and that he didn’t care Julie lived in fear of the mo of the past, and the highlight of the weekend would be lounging in yoga pants and watching car chases or beautiful peopleout on-screen

The sexiest part of that scenario was the butter on the popcorn