Nicole Harper
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I watched my mother as she came back into the kitchen, seeming nervous.
I shook my head. “What are you doing, Mom?”
She closed the door behind her and sighed, leaning against the counter. “I’ve never tried to be close to his friends before. It’s awkward.”
I looked out the window at the four men sitting around each other, discussing who knows what. “Why do you want to be close to them?”
“Well, I have to make an effort, right? If we end up falling in love, I can’t be distant with how close friends.”
I snorted, popping a strawberry in my mouth. “Do you think you’re in a book where you go from a fake marriage to a real one?”
“Does it happen in books?” My mother blinks. “That means I have a shot.”
I almost choked on the strawberry. “Mom,” I said flatly, “that’s not ho
