Chapter 40

• CLAIRE LEBLANC
• Being with Alexis Gallagher was definitely different from anything I had ever experienced before. He wasn't just attentive and kind, — he was on another level. It was as if everything revolved around me, and I had to admit... I loved that kind of attention. But after so much time in a relationship with George, I simply... stopped expecting something like that to happen.
• There were so many priorities (which now made me question if they were really priorities or just excuses for him to continue seeing goodness knows how many other women), — and everything seemed to get in the way of the moments that should have been "ours."