Three days after the coffee shop encounter, Anna saw him again. This time at the laundromat. She was buried in a novel she’d read four times before (safe, predictable, no surprises), when a shadow fell over her page.
“I’m observing it,” Anna replied. “There’s a difference.” anna exciting affection chapter 1 unofficial r better
“I live two blocks away,” Anna said flatly. “If anything, you’re the follower.” Three days after the coffee shop encounter, Anna
No one had ever read her that way. Not her coworkers. Not her sister. Not even the two boyfriends she’d had in the last eight years, both of whom had described her as “low-maintenance” and then seemed disappointed when she actually was. “I’m observing it,” Anna replied
She hits send before she can overthink it. Below her, the city keeps moving — traffic lights changing, strangers passing, lives colliding. But for the first time in years, Anna isn’t watching from behind glass. She’s standing at the edge of something exciting, something terrifying, something that might just be better than fine.