This Can't Be Love
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“He’s an army hero and he went to Harvard? This guy is impressive,” Mimi said.
Jenna had known that Ben had served in the army, but he’d never told her about earning a Silver Star. She wondered… She really didn’t want to know, but she asked anyway. “Does it say anything about his marital status?”
Pilar glanced back at the screen. “Nope.” Her eyes got a mischievous gleam in them. “But I did hear some gossip in the legal circles about him and Tiffany hooking up. After he won her case, because it would be totally unethical of him to be boinking her while he was her attorney.”
“Let’s Google him and Tiffany and see what we get,” Mimi said.
Jenna really really wanted to squelch this idea, but reminding the two other women that they were supposed to be discussing city business, especially when they seemed to be enjoying themselves so much, would only make her sound like a spoilsport. Besides, yes, she could admit it. A part of her (the weak, undisciplined part) wanted to see the pictures, too.
Pilar typed Ben and Tiffany’s names into the Google search bar and hit Images. “Bin-go!” All three women crowded around the laptop.
The screen was filled with dozens of photos of Ben and a beautiful woman with platinum blonde hair and a killer body (partially fake, because no one’s boobs were that perky). There was a photo of Ben in a black tux and Tiffany in a red designer gown attending some kind of charity event. Another photo showed them wearing jeans and T-shirts and eating ice-cream cones while laughing and walking down a sidewalk in South Beach, oblivious to the admiring stares of the people around them.
Mimi sighed. “This is one seriously gorgeous couple. It’s like they’re People magazine’s new answer to Brad and Angelina.”
“Oh, yeah, he’s totally doing her. Look at the way she looks at him in this picture.” Pilar pointed to an image of Tiffany looking up adoringly at Ben. “She is one smitten kitten. So does any of this ring a bell?” she asked Jenna. “Is this the Ben Harrison you knew in college?”
“It certainly appears to be him,” Jenna admitted.
“That’s great!” Pilar said. “Maybe we can use this to our advantage.”
“I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I barely remember him and I’m sure he wouldn’t remember me at all, so I don’t really see how this can help us.”
“Oh.” Pilar went back to looking at the pictures.
“Too bad,” Mimi said, joining her.
As she watched the two other women gawking at the computer screen, Jenna couldn’t help but feel guilty, because of course, it was all a big lie.
You forgot what you ate for breakfast last week.
You forgot the name of the kid who sat behind you in third grade.
But you never forgot the first person you fell in love with.
As for him not remembering her? That part wasn’t a lie at all. Because the morning after she’d given him her virginity, Ben Harrison had already forgotten all about her.
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Acknowledgements
I’d like to thank my editor, Rhoda McDuffey, for her general awesomeness. Thank you for all the tireless work you put into thinking about and working on this story with me. I’m going to miss our Luke and Sarah talks, but I’m already having so much fun with Ben and Jenna’s story. I know you’ll help make it as terrific as this one! Thank you to Jessica Snyder for her copyediting (and all the delays I gave you on scheduling. I truly appreciate you!). A huge thanks to Amy Atwell at Author EMS for the formatting and uploading. And last but not least, to my awesome review team. You guys are the best!
About the Author
Maria Geraci writes contemporary romance and women’s fiction with a happy ending. The Portland Book Review called her novel, The Boyfriend of the Month Club, “immensely sexy, immensely satisfying and humorous.” Her fourth novel, A Girl Like You, was nominated for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA ® award. Her current addictions include watching the STARZ adaption of OUTLANDER to drool over Sam Heughan, hitting the beach on the weekends, and searching for the perfect key lime pie recipe (but not the kind they served on Dexter). Visit her website for more information on her books.
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