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yelling at me?” I blurt out.
    Aubrey is silent for a moment. “Maybe I was wrong about Landy,” she admits slowly.
    “ What? ” I gasp, sitting straight up in shock.
    “Livy, I’m not saying Landy isn’t a flirt. I’m not saying he’s stopped hooking up,” Aubrey explains. “But I do think I misjudged him. There’s more to him than meets the eye. I’ve discovered that recently. And there’s a good man underneath the playboy exterior, I know there is.”
    Aubrey is thinking the same thing I was earlier today, I realize. The playboy who goes out to bars and clubs also has a side that likes to play trivia. Who flies under the radar to spend time with children.
    And that man is the one who agreed to all my non-negotiable terms to have dinner with me tonight.
    “Listen, I’m not saying don’t be careful,” Aubrey says, interrupting my thoughts. “I mean, it’s not good for any woman to think she can change a guy. Because that rarely happens.”
    My chest grows tight again. “Right.”
    “However, I honestly believe Landy hasn’t met the woman that he wants to be serious about. So I guess in my rambling way I’m saying be cautious, but open-minded, too.”
    “I never expected you to say this,” I admit.
    “Ha, I never expected to say it either. So, Livy, enough of dissecting Landy’s hidden side,” Aubrey says. “Let’s get down to business. What are you wearing tonight?”
    I ease my SUV into a visitor spot in Landy’s parking garage, my nerves taking over.
    I’m about to spend time with Landy Holder.
    I draw a breath of air, trying to calm myself. I went over everything with Aubrey about this evening before getting ready, so I shouldn’t be so anxious.
    Aubrey helped me pick the perfect outfit for a night in—a shiny, black silk pullover top with a pink and orange floral print on it, paired with my Paige Verdugo skinnies and black flats. I’m also wearing my favorite bracelet that I’ve ever designed—a silver charm bracelet, filled with fortune cookie charms. For each cookie I’ve made the next charm a fortune that I’ve received. Only the romantic ones, the ones I hold close to my heart.
    My thoughts shift to this for a moment. This bracelet is part of my design vision—the line I hope to make profitable someday. It’s called “Simple Pleasures by Livy” and the pieces represent the little things in life that make me happy. Like romantic fortunes found tucked inside the famous Chinese cookies.
    I absently run my fingers over the fortune, on which I stamped this saying I found inside one of my cookies: Love is seeing the inside.
    I love this line so much. Because I think it’s true. When you find that one, you see things in that person no one else can see. I opened this one after eating with Aubrey at our favorite Chinese place near UW. About a month after I broke up with Troy. As soon as I read it, I knew I didn’t see the true inside in him.
    I vowed I wouldn’t settle until I could see the true inside in someone else.
    Could this person be Landy?
    Buzz!
    I blink as my cell buzzes and jars me from my thoughts. No, no, not going there. Trivia. Trivia and Sushi. End of story.
    I fish my cell out of my purse and see it’s Aubrey. I’m curious as to what she wants. I already talked to her about the outfit, the evening, the odds of it being romantic, which we both decided could easily go either way, and that I would provide a full report to her tomorrow.
    So what is she texting me about? I open her message.
    HAVE YOU SEEN LANDY’S INSTAGRAM? OMG OMG OMG!
    My heart leaps wildly inside my chest. I don’t know if OMG is a good “oh my God” or a horrified “oh my God.”
    I nervously access my Instagram icon on my phone. I type in Landy’s name—Landon94—and my eyes widen at the picture that pops up.
    It’s a huge assortment of gorgeous sashimi and sushi arranged on a wooden tray. Chopsticks and two bottles of Japanese beer are placed beside it. Then Landy propped up the