What just happened? How did I not figure this out before? Why didn’t I Google him when I had the chance?
The only plan was one of escape. I replayed the conversation in my mind, looking for an out when I remembered what Yingyi had said, ‘You’re in love with the firecracker?’ Also, Boaz said, ‘They are going to love you, Luca Pearl, just like I do.’ Was he in love with me? Did his family know it? Would Judge Stone allow him to be in a serious relationship with me? Would his mom be disappointed that I already had a baby and that I placed her for adoption? Would they try to talk Boaz out of dating me?
My breaths were coming faster and faster. Fearing I might hyperventilate, I put my hands over my mouth and sat down. Soothing self-talk was on auto-play in the background of my brain, but my c
