[ Author's PoV ] Most week days were a cycle: Zach used to work, eat, sleep, and then repeat. I know how that sounds: boring. But that was the life he lived on most days, for the first few years that he started working, until Anna came into his life. Let's be honest. Even though he knew her from when they were only children and even though he was absolutely intrigued by her presence around him, always wondering if she was the same person he'd met- optimistic about life, or if all the things that she had gone through had changed her just like his life experiences had changed him, he was never in love with her. It was not the first sight love kind of thing. It was more like a burning attraction. When he met her for the first time, he knew he shouldn't meet her the second. When he met her

