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At first, my neighbor Deacon frustrated me.
Sure, he was great-looking and friendly.
But our walls were thin, and on occasion, heβd bring women to his place and keep me awake while he βentertainedβ them.
As a single mother to an infant, I didnβt appreciate it.
So, finally it was my turn.
When my daughter wouldnβt stop wailing one night, Mr. Manwhore came knocking on my door.
Miraculously, at the sound of his voice, Sunny stopped crying. And when he held herβ¦she eventually fell asleep in his arms.
Deacon was rough on the exterior, but apparently on the inside? Mr. Single-and-Ready-to-Mingle was a baby whisperer.
After that night, we became friends.
Heβd go for coffee runs. Come over to chat. Normal friend stuff.
But over time, our conversations ran deeper. We got closer.
Until one night we crossed the line.
Our friendship turned into a complicated mess.
Iβd gone and fallen for a guy whoβd sworn off commitment and kids.
I knew Deacon was starting to care for me too, even though Sunny and I didnβt fit into any plan heβd ever imagined for himself.
He was wrong for meβso wrong that Iβd dubbed him the βanti-boyfriend.β
Then why did I wish more
She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.
With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.
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