Not in Love (Not in Love, #1)

by Ali Hazelwood

Suddenly I was the Rue I’d always been: awkward, lost, unable to decipher the nuances of social interactions or to grasp what the hell people found so funny about what I’d said. Filled with the certainty that the world was in on the joke, and I’d once again failed to keep up. A beat too late. Out of sync.

Plus, she chose to put her trust in Florence Kline, which clearly indicates shit judgment. Who would do that?” They’d exchanged a dry, self-commiserating glance. “Three dumb assholes, that’s who,” Eli had muttered.

On the table above him, I noticed a developed chess board. “Is that your game?” Eli nodded. “Against Maya.” “You play a lot?” “A fair bit. We’re not Nolan Sawyer level, or anything—” “Mallory Greenleaf level, you mean?”