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By the time Ellie woke, Adrian was gone. She rolled out of his bed and walked to her bathroom. She wanted to bang her head against the mirror. Last night had been beyond fabulous but it was a huge mistake. She couldn’t keep jumping from one relationship to the next.
She grabbed her phone. “Alison, can you meet me for lunch? I need to talk.”
“Sure. Is everything okay?”
“Yeah. No. I don’t know.”
“Oh my god, you slept with him again. Yes!” She sounded like she was going to high-five someone.
“That’s not a good thing.”
“Oh, but it is. I won the bet with Harker.”
“You bet against me? You’re supposed to be my friend.”
“I am your friend. I took the later date. Harker thought you’d be sleeping together before one week was up at the latest. I said before a month. See. I had your b
