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"Do I know you from somewhere? You look so familiar."

Her eyes got brighter. "I should.You and your cousins played at my birthday party."

"Oh, that's—"

"And you're dating my brother."

London laughed as I stood there in shock. "Zoe," she said, and it was clear they knew each other well, "how have you been?"

"Good," Zoe said, "butthe tour is kind of hard on me.I miss Felix and Ryker."

"She's lying," a woman said, pulling Zoeinto her with a smile. "Zoe loves getting all the attention and being the only child in the house.Isn't that right?"

"I don't hate it."

The young girl's eyes glimmered as they settled on me, and I realizedthey were the same shade as Felix's. I also found outZoe enjoyed causing mischief.

"Mom, have you met Aurora?She and Felix are a whole thing. Their relationship basically broke the internet."

"I haven't." The woman's assessing gaze met mine. "ButI came this way to introduce myself."

She looked me over from forehead to feet. Her face gave nothing away, so I had no idea what she was thinking.Apparently done with her examination, she gave me a nod.

"I'm Elise Cordova."

"Aurora Kent," I said.

"Are you really with my son?" she asked.

Not going to lie,I had to think about it.Felix and I weren't fakinganymore. Butwe'd also never officially been on a date.I didn't think the group date counted…did it?

"She is," Ryker said, saving me from answering as he joined us. "Though I don't get why.Felix is such a pain."

Felixsauntered over then. "Are you saying she should've gone for you instead?"

"No—although I am better looking."

"Not even on your best day, Ry."

Their mother held her hands up. "Please, you're both gorgeous. You obviously get this from my side of the family."

"Aurora doesn't care about my looks," Felix said."She didn'teven like me when we first met."

"That's not true," I said.

"Yeah, she didn't remember you," Zoe corrected.

Felix turned to his sister. "And how would you know?"

"I heard the podcast."

"You should stop listening to those things and read a book."

"I've already reached my reading goal for the year, thank you very much," she retorted.

"I love reading," I put in.

"You do?"

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