The Love Hypothesis

by Ali Hazelwood

arms across his chest while leaning against the conference table. He was not supposed to be calm. He was supposed to be incensed. He was a known dick with a reputation for arrogance—the idea of people thinking that he was dating a nobody should be mortifying to him. The burden of freaking out should not be falling on Olive alone.

Ahhhhhhh i am LOVING the "hes an asshole to everyone but her" trope

Maybe spending so many years alone had warped her in some fundamental way and that was why she seemed to be unable to develop a true romantic connection,

Adam pressed his lips together as if to suppress a smile. “We could never do that.”

He fell first evidence

For several moments he simply didn’t move. Not even a millimeter. Then his lips parted, but no sound came out, and that’s when Olive realized that she had just rendered Adam Carlsen speechless.

THE SMILE ON MY FACE RN

There was a certainty, a finality in his tone that took her by surprise. She

He falls first

“I’ll remember,” he told her evenly.

HE'LL REMEMBER

She giggled. He smiled in response, as if pleased to have made her laugh. Though it was certainly for some other reason.

HE. FALLS. FIRST.

“Where were you born?” Adam asked before she could leave. Oh. They were doing this, then. He was probably just trying to be polite, and Olive sighed inwardly, thinking longingly of her lab bench. “Toronto.”

Why the most basic place in the country??

She knew Tom wasn’t trying to be mean—people

Yes he was

send me the report and I’ll make a decision based on it. Does that sound feasible?”

Fuck you tom

except for a quick glance from Holden Rodrigues, who studied Adam for a long moment and then smiled warmly at Olive before focusing on the talk.

“It’s okay, Olive. Breathe.”

Ahhhhhhhh

“It wasn’t about you.”

WHY WOULD YOU DO TBAT?????

“I just . . . I have a thing. For a guy.”

IM IN SPAIN WITHOUT THE S

“It’s okay.” He offered her a reassuring smile,

HE LOVES HER SM. HE WOULD PUT HIS FEELINGS ASIDE FOR HER HAPPINESS.

It wasn’t until a few minutes later, when she was sitting on her bed staring at the Boston skyline and chewing on her lunch, that Olive realized that the protein bar Adam had given her was covered in chocolate.

it was for her!!!!!

“I wish you could see yourself the way I see you.”

Ahhhhhhhhhh

“It doesn’t matter, what you said. You can always change your mind.”

Man respectts conzsent

“I am going to take care of this,” he told her. There was something determined, earnest in his eyes. Olive had never felt safer, or more loved. “And then I’ll come find you, and I’ll take care of you.”

I am now a romance ejoyer