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I can definitely say I’m falling for Noah.

Aimee is typing …

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I AM DOING FLAILING AMRS

I giggle. God, I’ve missed Aimee!

Aimee is typing …

Or arms, even.

I text her back:

I’m glad to give you flailing AMRS.

Aimee is typing …

It does!!! Because Noah seems like a great guy. And he’s FIT FIT FIT. But take fit out of it—he sounds like such a good human. That’s important.

Aimee is right. Noah is gorgeous—I’m not going to deny that—but what is making me fall for him are all the things I’m learning about his inside.

A different message flashes on my screen, and this time, it’s from Nicholas:

Not that you need my approval for anything, but Darby has mine.

Warmth seeps through me, and I see Nicholas is typing. A second message drops in:

He really cares about you, Vi. You should have heard what he said about you when you and Amelia went to use the toilets.

Ooh!

I immediately respond to that message:

What??? What did he say? TELL ME, NICHOLAS!!!

Nicholas is typing …

My code of ethics won’t allow me to reveal the specifics, but I can say with confidence he’s ALL IN on you. Talk to you tomorrow.

I zero in on two words in Nicholas’s text.

All in.

I don’t need to know anything else. The fact that Noah—who has been so careful and protective of his heart—let my twin know his feelings? So much so that my brother told me he’s “all in”?

That is all I need to know. I can’t contain the excited feeling coursing through my veins.

Every time I’m with Noah, I find myself falling a little bit more for him. Yes, there’s that excitement of being with him, the endless thinking about him—the signs of that early infatuation stage—but then there’s somethingdifferent. It’s falling for the things he says, for how he cares about others, his vulnerability, how he believes in me—these are the things causing my heart, for the first time in my life, to pay attention.

To fall.

And I’m beginning to believe it will be sooner, rather than later, before my entire heart belongs to Noah Darby.

Chapter Twenty-Six

All In

How is it Noah has been gone for only a few hours and I already miss him?

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