The Love Hypothesis

by Ali Hazelwood

‘Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man.’

“It will be fine, Olive.” His smile softened. “And if not, at least it will be over.”

now she felt calm and safe. Like her world, constantly hectic and messy and demanding, was slowing down. Easing up, just a bit.

“We were terrified, and probably somewhere deep down we were convinced that we’d signed up for it and we deserved it. That we were failures who would never amount to anything.”

You can fall in love: someone will catch you.