** Harper **
Harper had expected Eli to be relieved by the news. Shouldn't it be a good thing that Wallace wasn't suddenly interested in her just because he discovered a NSFW web novel she wrote? But why was Eli looking like he actually got more annoyed after hearing it?
"… Were you hoping that I had talked to him differently?" she asked. It was the only reason she could think of. "I thought it'd be better to get straight to the point, so I didn't beat around the bush about it."
"Oh yes. Of course. I didn't mean to sound like I was judging how you handled it." Eli let out a muffled groan, leaning into her. From their current position where she was still caged between him and the wall, the gesture felt satisfyingly intimate, and Harper liked it … until he groaned again with a clear hint of annoyance.
Author’s confession: had I known sooner that there would be an upcoming plot involving wordplays of Harper’s book, I would’ve given it a much better title! It wasn’t the easiest option to find anagrams of, and I actually had to write down the letters on little pieces of paper and shuffle them around for almost an hour ^_^|| Though in the end, I do like Cher St. Sucre a lot, so it was worth it (if you’ll excuse my bad French, that is… I know it probably makes no grammatical sense lol).
Also, for anyone interested in some extra fun, feel free to ask ChatGPT for anagram phrases of Secret Crush. It gave me some really cool answers that may or may not be appropriate enough for sharing here… Go see for yourself :D
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