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room.”
    Gabriella waves her hand wildly, excited by the opportunity to talk about herself. “Behind me we are going to put the crib, and I’ve already got a big one picked out—you know, like the one that all the celebrities have for their babies.
    Tony puts his hand on top of Gabriella’s, which is casually rubbing her stomach. “Only the best for our baby,
mia bella
,” he says. The sappiness just makes me to roll my eyes once again. Still, a part of me wishes I was in the same position.
    My mother excitedly jumps into the conversation, “Your father and I will buy you the crib. We want our grandchild to have the best, too!”
    I sit and lean against the bare wall as the three of them continue chattering on about their plans for the room, wanting just to return home to my own apartment.

Chapter 4
    After returning to the city, I rush back to my apartment, eager to be home and away from nagging questions about romance. My friends and I are planning to go to Cellar Bar tonight to have a few drinks; after today’s events, there’s nothing I’d like to do more.
    As I finish getting dressed I hear the buzzer, indicating that Danni has arrived. Pretending that I don’t know who it is, I ask, “Hello?”
    “Bitch, it’s me and I’m freezing my ass off so let me in!” Danni hisses.
    I laugh and press the button to let her in. I unlock the front door so she can let herself in while I’m getting dressed. I walk toward the kitchen to make drinks for us, and I’m met by Danni walking into the apartment, wrapped up in a purple coat, black scarf, and black gloves. She takes everything off, revealing a low-cut red dress with black tights and heels. I raise my eyebrows and nod toward her cleavage.
    Danni winks and shrugs. “Whatever, I need a man’s attention tonight,” I laugh and hand her a glass of chardonnay; she quickly takes a large swallow. She looks around and asks me, “Where’s Autumn?”
    “Still on her date,” I reply.
    Danni sits on the couch, reclining back. “So, Chat Love is working for Autumn? Personally, I would never do that, but good for her. Maybe she can stop her whining and actually marry someone already.” I sit on the couch next to her and take a sip from my glass, ready for another one of her rants about why married life sucks. “You know, I don’t even know why everyone is in such a rush to get married. It’s not that great. She should worry about getting married when she’s in her thirties. Right now she should be having fun.” She turns to me quickly and grabs my arm. “Speaking of, guess who’s coming tonight?”
    I check my mental list of Danni’s boy toys, trying to guess which one she might be bringing this time.
    “Let me guess: Jared?” I ask. She shakes her head. “Neil?” She grins and shakes her head. “Tommy?” She shakes her head again. I give up, shrug my shoulders, and take another sip from my glass.
    “Elijah!” she says, giving me a light slap on the arm. “You know, the guy at work that I have been obsessing about for two weeks. He
finally
agreed to come out.”
    Danni works as a bitchy, snide, powerful publicist for some of the rich and famous. Essentially, she gets paid to be herself. She helps me book a lot of talent for the show I work on.
    Always the voice of reason, I ask, “Do you really think it’s a good idea to be dating someone from work?”
    Danni waves her hand in dismissal. “Elijah has been flirting with me. He started it—his fault. Anyway, I’m sure he can keep his pretty little mouth closed about whatever may happen between us.” She winks; I roll my eyes.
    Knowing Danni, she will have a fling with this guy until she gets tired of him or finds someone else; it’s what she does with every man she meets.
    “So how was lunch with the family?” I groan and shake my head while Danni laughs. “That bad, huh?”
    I get up from the couch to pour myself another glass of wine. “They want me to date Tony’s friend Angelo, who gets