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and warm eyes. “Yeah,” he said. “It is.” He smiled, then leaned forward and pressed his mouth to hers in a deep kiss. He started to pull her toward the bed, but she stopped him, glancing at the clock on her radio alarm. “I’ve got to get to a lunch on campus.”
    “That’s okay,” Adam said, twirling one of her curls in his finger and smiling at her. “We’ll pick this up again later. Thanks for being here for me.” “Of course. I know you’ll figure things out.” Adam gave her one last kiss, and then crept out of the room and down the back staircase, feeling like an enormous weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

Chapter IX
Tea for Two
    A melia was pacing back and forth in the office, biting her fingernails.
    This was not good, not good at all.
    She had just read the article posted on TechCrunch and was freaking out about how Adam would react to the last paragraph. She hadn’t talked to him yet today, and he still wasn’t in the office. He must have read it and now he was avoiding her.
    She was furious. How could they have written such a thing? Neither she nor Tom had said anything to imply Adam wasn’t up for the job. It was total fiction, and it would hurt Adam deeply. Didn’t they have any respect for his feelings? Didn’t it occur to them how writing something like that would affect their relationship?
    This was just one more reason why she hadn’t wanted to get involved in a start-up.
    “Is everything okay?”
    Amelia jumped. Sundeep was standing in the doorway. He must have seen her pacing.
    “No!” she couldn’t help exclaiming. “No, it’s not okay at all! The TechCrunch article—I just—” She couldn’t find the words.
    “I know, it was awesome! They practically called you the new star of Silicon Valley. I feel like I should be collecting your autograph.” She stared at him in disbelief. “Did you read what they said about Adam? They said Tom’s probably going to kick him out. I never said that!”
    “Aw, it wasn’t that bad.” He stepped forward and touched her arm.
    “Want to have some tea?”
    She stood there for a second and sighed deeply. Then she conceded.
    “Yeah, okay.”
    She sat at the table in the incubator kitchen while Sundeep took out two mugs. “Earl Grey? English breakfast? Peppermint?”
    “Peppermint,” she said. “With two packs of sugar.” He prepared the tea and brought it to her, along with a plate of sugar cookies.
    “Thanks.” She smiled up at him sheepishly.
    “It’s nothing.”
    They sat in silence, sipping their tea.
    “You’re really close to Adam, huh?”
    “Yeah,” Amelia said, breaking off a piece of cookie. “We’re twins. We’ve always been together. And without our parents, we were kind of all we ever had.”“No wonder.”
    “No wonder what?”
    “That you feel so protective of him. You’re really lucky to have him.” In all her life, she didn’t remember anyone ever telling her she was lucky. “You’re right,” she said, smiling. “I am really lucky.
    She took a small bite of the cookie. “Do you have siblings?” she asked, sipping her tea.
    “An older sister. She’s back in India, married and having babies. Do you want to see?”
    He pulled out his iPhone and showed her photos of his nieces and nephews. “This is Sonal and her brother Raj. She’s just like her mother: totally bossy. But Raj keeps up with her.” Amelia giggled at their expressions. “They are so cute! Look at his cheeks!”
    “Right? Look at this one: Sonal made him play dress up.” He showed her a picture of a little curly haired Indian boy in an oversized dress and pearl necklace, glaring angrily at the camera.
    Sundeep smiled at the iPhone, and then up at Amelia. “Anyway, I’m a very proud uncle, if you couldn’t tell.”
    “Do you visit India often?”
    Suddenly, Sundeep’s face darkened.
    “I should get back to work,” he said, clearing his throat.
    “What’s wrong?” Amelia asked.
    He stood up from the table.