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  took a deep breath。

  “Christian kissed me。”

  “So what’s the problem? Was he a bad kisser? Oh; that’s it; isn’t 
  it? No quicker way to ruin a good fraction than—”

  “Lily! Good; bad; what’s the difference?”

  Her eyebrows reached up her forehead and she opened her mouth to 
  talk; but I kept going。

  “And not that it’s at all relevant; but he kissed my neck。 The 
  problem is nothow he did; it’s that it happened at all in the first 
  place。 What about Alex? I don’t exactly go around kissing other 
  guys; you know。”

  “Don’t I ever;” she mumbled under her breath before speaking up。 
  “Andy; you’re being ridiculous。 You love Alex and he loves you; but 
  it’s perfectly okay if you feel like kissing another guy once in a 
  while。 You’re twenty…three years old; for chrissake。 Cut yourself a 
  little slack!”

  “But I didn’t kiss him 。 。 。 He kissed me!”

  “First of all; let’s get something very clear。 Remember when Monica 
  went down on Bill and the whole country and all our parents and Ken 
  Starr rushed to call that sex? That was not sex。 In much the same 
  way; some guy who probably means to kiss your cheek but gets your 
  neck instead does not qualify as ‘kissing someone。’ ”

  “But—”

  “Shut up and let me finish。 More important than what actually 
  happened is that you wanted it to happen。 Just admit it; Andy。 You 
  wanted to kiss Christian regardless of whether that’s ‘wrong’ or 
  ‘bad’ or ‘against the rules。’ And if you don’t admit it; you’re 
  lying。”

  “Lily; seriously; I don’t think it’s fair that—”

  “I’ve known you for nine years; Andy。 You don’t think I can see it 
  written all over your face that you worship him? You know you 
  shouldn’t—he doesn’t quite play by your rules; does he? But that’s 
  probably exactly why you like him。 Just go with it; enjoy it。 If 
  Alex is right for you; he’ll always be right for you。 And now; 
  you’ll have to excuse me; because I have found someone who’s right 
  for me 。 。 。 for right now。” She literally jumped off the couch and 
  skipped back to William; who looked undeniably happy to see her。

  I felt self…conscious sitting on the oversize velvet couch alone and 
  looked around to find Christian; but he wasn’t at the bar anymore。 
  It would just take a little more time; I decided。 Everything would 
  just sort itself out if I just stopped worrying so much。 Maybe Lily 
  was right and I did like Christian—what was so wrong with that? He’s 
  smart and undeniably gorgeous; and the whole take…charge confidence 
  thing was incredibly sexy。 Hanging out with someone who just 
  happened to be sexy didn’t exactly translate as cheating。 I’m sure 
  there had been situations over the years in which Alex had worked 
  with or studied with or gotten to know a cool; attractive girl; and 
  he may have had thoughts。 Did that make him disloyal? Of course not。 
  With renewed confidence (and a now…desperate attempt to see; watch; 
  hear; just be near Christian again); I began cruising the lounge。

  I found him leaning on his right hand; talking intently to an older 
  man; probably in his late forties; who was wearing a very dapper 
  three…piece suit。 Christian was gesturing wildly; hands flailing; 
  with a look on his face that registered somewhere between amused and 
  supremely annoyed; while the man with salt…and…pepper hair looked at 
  him earnestly。 I was still too far away to hear what they were 
  discussing; but I must have been staring rather intently; because 
  the man’s eyes locked on mine and he smiled。 Christian pulled back a 
  little; followed his gaze; and saw me watching them both。

  “Andy; darling;” he said; his tone entirely different from what it 
  had been just a few minutes earlier。 I noticed he made the 
  transition from seducer to friend of your parent quite smoothly。 
  “e here; I’d like you to meet a friend of mine。 This is Gabriel 
  Brooks; my agent; Business manager; and all…around hero。 Gabriel; 
  this is Andrea Sachs; currently ofRunway magazine。”

  “Andrea; a pleasure to meet you;” Gabriel said; extending a hand and 
  taking mine in one of those annoyingly delicate 
  I’m…not…shaking…your…hand…as…I…would…a…man’s…because…I’m…sure…I’d…just…snap…your…girly…little…bones…in…half 
  clutches。 “Christian has told me a lot about you。”

  “Really?” I said; pressing a bit more firmly; which only caused him 
  to loosen his already slack grip。 “All good; I hope?”

  “Of course。 He said you’re an aspiring writer; like our mutual 
  friend here。” He smiled。

  I was surprised to hear that he actually had heard about me from 
  Christian; since our conversation about writing had sounded like 
  just small talk。 “Yes; well; I love to write; so hopefully someday 。 
  。 。”

  “Well; if you’re half as good as some of the other people he’s sent 
  my way; then I look forward to reading your work。” He dug around in 
  an inside pocket and produced a leather case; from which he drew out 
  a Business card。 “I know you’re not ready yet; but when it does e 
  time to show your stuff to someone; I hope you’ll keep me in mind。”

  It took every ounce of willpower and strength to remain standing 
  upright; to make sure that my mouth had not flopped open or my knees 
  had not just given out。Hope you’ll keep me in mind? The man who 
  represented Christian Collinsworth; literary boy genius 
  extraordinaire; had just asked if I would keep him in mind。 This was 
  craziness。

  “Why thank you;” I croaked; tucking the card into my bag; from where 
  I knew I would pull it out and examine every inch of it the first 
  chance I got。 They both smiled at me; and it took a minute for me to 
  recognize this as my cue to leave。 “Well; Mr。 Brooks; um; Gabriel; 
  it was really great meeting you。 I’ve got to be getting Home now; 
  but hopefully we’ll cross paths soon。”

  “My pleasure; Andrea。 Congratulations again on scoring such a 
  fantastic job。 Right out of college and working atRunway 。 Very 
  impressive。”

  “I’ll walk you out;” Christian said; placing a hand on my elbow and 
  motioning to Gabriel that he’d be right back。

  We stopped at the bar so I could tell Lily that I was heading Home; 
  and she unnecessarily told me—in between William’s nuzzlings—that 
  she wouldn’t be joining me。 At the foot of the stairs that would 
  take me back to street level; Christian kissed me on the cheek。

  “Great running into you tonight。 And I have a feeling I’m going to 
  have to hear Gabriel talk about how great you are now; too。” He 
  grinned。

  “We barely exchanged two words;” I pointed out; wondering why 
  everyone was being so plimentary。

  “Yes; Andy; but what you don’t seem to realize is that the writing 
  world is a small one。 Whether you write mysteries or feature stories 
  or newspaper articles; everyone knows everyone。 Gabriel doesn’t have 
  to know much about you to know that you have potential: you were 
  good enough to get a job atRunway; you sound bright and articulate 
  when you talk; and hell; you’re a friend of mine。 He’s got nothing 
  to lose by giving you his card。 What does he know? He could have 
  just discovered the next best…selling author。 And trust me—Gabriel 
  Brooks is a good man for you to know。”

  “Hmm; I guess you’re right。 Well; anyway; I’ve got to get Home since 
  I’ve got to be at work again in a few hours anyway。 Thanks for 
  everything。 I really appreciate it。” I leaned up to kiss him on the 
  cheek; half expecting him to turn his face forward and half wanting 
  him to; but he just smiled。

  “More than my pleasure; Andrea Sachs。 Have a good night。” And before 
  I could e up with anything remotely clever to say; he was headed 
  back to Gabriel。

  I rolled my eyes at myse

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