Chapter 2

After the waiter left to get their order, Emily glanced at Lexi, “Where is Elijah?” she asked her, “He texted me on the way and said he was here already. Was he messing with me?”

“Now why the hell would I do that?” a voice said behind them.

Elena didn’t need to look behind her to know who owned that voice…

Elijah.

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Elijah Kendrick was a handsome young man. It was one of the reasons why Elena had had such a huge crush on him in their university days.

Elena and Emily were identical, and sometimes students and teachers would confuse them for each other if they didn’t know them well. Elena and Emily met Elijah at the same time. But there was something about Emily, some energy buzzing at an undetectable level, that drew Elijah’s attention and made him feel comfortable.

Elijah and Emily had been best friends ever since, and Elena hated that she looked like Emily—exactly like her—and was still different enough that the sweet, shy guy, the one wi