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head. “Oh my god, you can’t be serious.”  
    “I know! Max is the most trustworthy—”  
    “He has literally dated half of the available women in the city.”  
    “Wait, what?” My breath caught in my throat.  
    “Listen, I’m just saying that you have every reason to doubt him. He’s a ladies’ man and that’s a hard reputation to shake.”  
    “But I don’t.” I groaned and flopped down on the couch.
    Stephanie sat down beside me.
    I looked over at her, my eyes filling with tears. “I don’t doubt him at all. I trust Max. That isn’t the problem.”  
    “Then I don’t understand.” Stephanie frowned. “You said that you fought with him because you suspected him of something.”  
    “Yes, but I only suspected him of it because of me.”  
    Stephanie took a big swallow of her wine. “I think that you’re going to have to explain this to me.”  
    “Okay.” I took a deep breath. “I need to talk it out anyway. The truth is, when Max took me to dinner the other night, I thought he was going to propose.”  
    “Oh.” Stephanie nodded. “That makes sense.”  
    “I thought it did. We were back at the same restaurant where we shared our first kiss as a couple. It was our one-year anniversary. I had every reason to think it, right? I mean, I’m not crazy?”  
    “Not crazy at all. That sounds like the perfect setup for a proposal. Maybe he got too nervous to ask?”  
    “Not at all! He had a little black box for me, but inside was this!” I held out the heart charm. “Isn’t it beautiful?”  
    “Yes, it’s gorgeous.”  
    “Right? But it’s not an engagement ring. I thought it was going to be an engagement ring. So even though it’s a gorgeous necklace—and thoughtful and everything—I was a little disappointed.”  
    “Honey, of course you were.”  
    “But then I started to think about why it wasn’t an engagement ring. It’s not as if Max and I need to get to know each other. So what was he waiting for? Then of course I began to ask myself, why would Max even want to be with me? I started going a little crazy. I even thought he was trying to—” I winced and looked over at her. “Get back together with you.”  
    “Oh, Samantha!” Stephanie set her glass down hard on the coffee table. “That’s not happening!”  
    “I know that now, but I just got crazy about it. Then Max walked out the door.”  
    “What did he say exactly?”  
    “He said that we both needed to calm down and that we should call it a day.”  
    “That doesn’t sound like a break-up to me.” Stephanie shook her head. “Did I ever tell you I once tried to pick a fight with Max?”  
    “What?” I looked at her nervously. I didn’t really want to hear about the time that they were together.  
    “Well, here’s the thing. I’m a very physical person. From the way Max acted, I thought he would be too.”  
    “Physical?”  
    “Sexual.”  
    “Oh, no, no, nope—don’t want to hear about that.” I plucked my wine glass from the table and refilled it as I stood up.  
    “Wait, it’s not what you think.”  
    “Stephanie, I adore you, but I don’t see how reliving your intimate moments with Max is going to help me feel better.”  
    “Trust me, just hear me out. It’ll be worth it.”

Chapter 10

    I nearly choked on my swallow of wine. My mind spun with the buzz of alcohol and hot jealousy. I didn’t want to know anything about Stephanie and Max’s bedroom habits. Before I could protest she continued.  
    “I kept coming on to him—and Max—he would flirt a bit, be a little playful—”  
    “Oh, seriously, Stephanie—” I clasped my hand over my mouth to keep my wine down.  
    “But he never let it get very far. I was getting really irritated. Other men I’d been with would get all hot and bothered when we argued, like somehow the fight would get their engines revved.”  
    “Still not enjoying this.” I cringed.  
    “Anyway, I decided to