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“No, not like that. Come on. Do you trust me?” I ask.

It takes her a worryingly long time to answer. But, finally, this time she sighs and nods.

“So,” I say. “Let’s go back inside, get those girls’ numbers, and save the freaking out. If we only have an hour left together for the moment, do you want to spend it worrying about something that isnotgoing to happen? Or do you want to enjoy it?”

Skye takes my hands and spins me around so I’m facing her, inches from her. Then she backs me into the wall, presses me hard against it, and brings her lips a hair’s breadth away from mine. “I guess I want to enjoy it,” she breathes into me, before closing the gap between us.

EPILOGUEMaya

TWO GIRLS ON CELEBRITY DATING SHOW FIND LOVE… WITH EACH OTHER?

MAYA TELLS ALL

MAYA AND SKYE: THEIR BEST MOMENTS

PERRIE SPEAKS: “I KNEW ABOUT IT FIRST.”

CAN YOU SPOT THE CLUES? FIVE TIMES WE SHOULD’VE GUESSED MAYA AND SKYE WERE A THING

“There’s so many more, too,” Olivia says, reading over my shoulder as I scan through my phone. “It’s totally exploded.”

“You’re not kidding,” I say.

“Just… don’t google yourself, okay?” Rosie asks, curling up on the couch beside me. She’s home for the weekend, specifically to see me. “I know it’s tempting, but a lot of that stuff was bullshit. Especially earlier.”

“Oh, I know. I’ve seen it. I didn’t lose my iPad until the fourth week in. Unless it got worse?”

Rosie brightens. “Oh, no, actually the public really liked you by then, I think? Most of the articles were about Jordy.”

“Ew,” I say, passing the phone back to Olivia.

“No,” Olivia says, typing something in. “Not like that. Like this.”

PRINCE CHARMING OR PREDATOR: THESE BODY LANGUAGE EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON FIVE COMMON RED FLAGS JORDY MILLER DISPLAYS.

JORDY MILLER: A NARCISSIST? DR. SUSAN BELLE SAYS “PROBABLY.”

I TOLD THEM I WOULDN’T DATE JORDY AGAIN FOR A MILLION BUCKS: JORDY’S EX-GIRLFRIENDS (YES, THERE ARE MORE OF THEM!) TELL ALL!

“HE DUMPED ME THE DAY MY BEST FRIEND ALMOST DIED”:SECOND-CHANCE ROMANCECONTESTANT BEHIND-THE-SCENES EXCLUSIVE!

“Oh,” I say. “This is much more like it.”

“What’s Skye like in person?” Olivia asks. “I think evenIgot a crush on her. I can’t believe you’re actually dating her!”

“She’s… awesome, obviously.” I grin. “It’s too late to call her now, she’d be passed out. But I can introduce you to her tomorrow or something, if you come over around lunchtime?I have a video interview withOpulent Conditionuntil eleven, but I’m yours after that.”

Rosie nods rapidly, and Olivia actually screeches. Good grief, you’d think I just offered to introduce them to an A-lister. I mean,Iget the appeal of Skye, obviously, but at the same time she’s… just Skye. Just my girlfriend. About as much of a celebrity as I am.

Although, maybe I’m kind of a celebrity now, from the look of these Google searches. Maybe scratch that, then.

“Olivia,” Mom calls from the kitchen, “are you staying for dinner?”

“Yes, please,” she says.

I throw myself backward on the couch. “Dinner.Home food. I could die happy.”

“Really?” Rosie asks. “Because you don’t seem very happy.”