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What I’ve seen in the past four months has shown me that you can’t force things to be a certain way. Not everything turns out how youplan.
Maybe that’sokay.
I can’t control my life, but I can control what Ido.
What work Ido.
Where Ilive…
Whom Ilove.
When I look up, there’s new energy surging throughme.
“I need your help,” I tellJake.
“How manycarats?”
“Christ, I’m notproposing.”
“Engagement rings aren’t the only diamonds,” he says as though I’m naive and in need of aneducation.
“You don’t even know what happened between us. Jewelry doesn’t fix everything,” I say,exasperated.
“Bullshit,” he says dryly. “In my professional opinion, jewelry fixeseverything.”
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Rena
“This place turned out amazingly!”Kendallgushes.
“Did you go through the experiential part?” Iask.
“Yes. The three phases of sound, words, and touch. It’s incredible. Mia’s thrilled, and Daisy’s going to loveit.”
I look around us at the ballroom. It’s all white, with little touches of glitter. “I was afraid it’d look like a toilet papercommercial.”
“Rena.” I turn to see a familiar form. “Where’s thewhisky?”
“No whisky. Sparkling water only. This is about consciousness and experience. You were supposed to wear natural fibers.” I gesture to my own dress, then look pointedly at Jake’ssuit.
“It’s wool,” he points out. “Let’s refocus. There’s noalcohol.”
“Correct.”
“I invite you to my parties,” he grumbles. “What kind of hospitality isthis?”
I put my hands on my hips, unperturbed. “Where’s yourscarf?”
Kendall holds uphers.
“How’d you dodge getting one?” I demand before getting one and wrapping it around hisneck.
“I can’t believe you got cashmere scarfs for the launchparty.”
“We’d normally spend that much on Patrón. This is more on-brand. It’s about heightened awareness and comfort. Besides”—I round on Jake as he pulls off the scarf and holds it out to me—“lots of other guys are wearingthem.”
“Be that as itmay.”
