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“Chloe.” Lily takes my arms and shakes me gently. “What’s wrong? You’re scaring us.”
“He’s Mr. Love,” I whisper.
“What? Who?” Ava asks.
“My secret admirer. He’s Mr. Love.”
“What do you mean?” Lily asks.
With shaky hands, I pass them the poem and show them my computer screen. Willow takes them from me and studies them closely, her eyes narrowing, then widening, and then her jaw falls open. “Wait a sec. This is very similar.”
“And these, too.” I open the other responses and show her more of my secret admirer’s letters. Ava and Lily stretch their necks to glimpse them.
“Oh my gosh.” Ava gasps. “Heisthe same person.”
“How did I not notice it sooner?” I ask, my mind still reeling. “I used to know Mr. Love’s responses by heart. I had some of them memorized.”
“I guess because you didn’t care about him anymore because your focus was on your secret admirer,” Willow says.
“But they’re the same person.” Lily gapes at me. “Is that a good thing or a bad thing?”
I raise my shoulders. “I don’t know. I don’t know who either of them is.”
“But you have his email,” Ava points out. “You can email him and tell him you figured it out.”
I shake my head. “He and I are exchanging wonderful letters. I feel like he’s slowly opening up to me. I can’t drop a bomb on him like that. I can’t risk losing him again.” With another shake of my head, I gather all the letters and my computer. “I need to forget this information. I’ll wait until he feels comfortable enough to tell me.”
“Mr. Love and your secret admirer, the same person.” Lily’s eyes are wide open. “I never saw that coming.”
“So…Chloe’s had a crush on the same person,” Ava realizes.
Lily squeals. “Which means they’re meant to be!”
“Totally!” Ava agrees.
“You think so?” I ask, my cheeks heating up and my stomach twisting with hope.
“I’m not one to believe in destiny and all that stuff,” Willow says. “But it’s interesting that you had feelings for the same person. Maybe youaredestined to be with him.”
“It’s a good thing you didn’t give up on him.” Lily nods with a proud smile. “See, I told you not to close the door on him. He’s an expert on romance, Chloe!”
I hold up my hand. “We’re getting way ahead of ourselves. I think he and I need to continue going at the pace we’re at. The only difference is…”
“You can swoon over Mr. Love’s responses!” Lily exclaims, clutching her heart, her eyes shining.
Willow reaches for her copy ofDracula. “This is so wild.”
“So wild, indeed,” I say.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Liam
After I get home from basketball practice and am about to start my homework, my phone beeps with a text.
Willow: Can you come over to my house ASAP? I need to talk to you.
Liam: Sure. Leaving now.
