Page 68 of Hearts and Hidden Secrets

Indeed, some things are not what they seem. From time to time, the matchmaker gets matched. By her friends.

Because sometimes, a man and a woman can’t see how very good they’d be together.

They only see differences, even if they’ve both been trained to look beneath the surface.

But people are people, and don’t always peer closely when it comes to themselves.

Yet their friends could see. Their friends could tell.

And their friends knew that Evie and Dylan only needed a nudge in the right direction to come together.

That ad Dylan placed? Mia was glad he ran it, since it allowed her to tell Olivia, so Olivia could show it to Evie.

For Olivia knew that once Evie saw it, she would insist on helping.

And once she helped, how could she do anything but fall for the man both their friends knew was right for her?

The matchmaker and the hot nerd simply needed to spend time together to see that they wanted new experiences, that they both were competitive in their own ways, and that they loved to uncover the city.

When the two seemed resistant to a match, that was when Mia and Olivia called in reinforcement. That hike in the woods between brother and sister? Mia was the one who coaxed Patrick into asking those questions of his sister, hoping the questions would encourage Evie to see Dylan in a new way.

And she did. Dylan saw Evie in a new way, too, as they discovered more about each other and all the things they loved. But in the end, what they loved most was each other.

For this isn’t a story of how opposites attract. It’s a story of friendships. And how sometimes, our friends can see what we need the most.

As for Dylan and Evie, when we last left them they were falling in love.

And right now? Let’s see where they are, shall we?