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The truth was Maxine was so deep under my skin, it was like she had become my veins, not leaving a single part of me untouched. Dating had never been my priority, but I couldn’t say no to her.”
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

“Blah, blah, all I hear are insults about the place I pay a very high rent for.” I waved my hand. “But I’m over it now that I’ve said you’re a jackass to your face.”
“You didn’t say I was a jackass.”
“Anyway. Your turn.”
“Fine. You’re not very good at walking in heels,” he said, hesitating, as if he wasn’t sure if it was okay.
I gasped dramatically. “Not true!”

I love them

“ “I just don’t want to call it a date with you.”
“Oh, you should be so lucky. I’ll have you know, I’m an excellent dater.”
“That’s right, what’s your boyfriend’s name again?”
“The same as your girlfriend’s”

🤣🤣🤣🤣.

“She didn’t leave either. She pinned me down with her light blue eyes as the room emptied out. I had become addicted to that look. It was my biggest vice—figuring out what words I could say to make her mad, to make her focus only on me, to get the look.”

The story within the story is toooo gooodddd

“So. I’m willing to reconsider—if you two spend the rest of the course writing a novel together.”

Ida is soo over them .

“I’m writing for an audience that cares about more than overdone tropes and unrealistic men.”
“Well, at least my book won’t be a coaster for some deadbeat forty-year-old who thinks Matt Rife is some sort of God,” I bit out.
“No, your book will be a coaster for a bored cat lady’s vibrator.
I snorted. “Your wife’s vibrator because you couldn’t please a woman to save your life!”

Lollll

“My dad used to say I didn’t have a rose-tinted view, but a Rosie-tinted view. I saw what I wanted to see. I saw Aiden and fell head over heels. But you know what they say about la vie en rose—the red flags look just like all the other ones.”
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The excerpt of their book within the book is genius

“A scoff cut me off. Aiden leaned back in his chair, rolling his eyes. Ages ago, I’d thought Aiden was cute. Before I knew him, I would’ve been excited by the idea of sitting across from him. But after our workshop together last semester, the very sight of Aiden left a bad taste in my mouth.

Giggle giggle

“My mom used to say if I didn’t have anything nice to say, then it was best to say nothing at all. It was typical mom advice, but it became my gospel.

“I was almost certain Aiden Huntington’s mom had told him the opposite. If you don’t have anything nice to say, shout it from the rooftops! Repeat it until you instill in their mind just how worthless they are!”

Okayyyyy opposites