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  1. Public Bookmark 7

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    You can run from her as much as you want, but you will never entirely erase her footsteps from your life. She’ll always be there, an imprint in the ground; a permanent fossil in your heart.

    Or: Five times that Conrad Fisher thought about Belly Conklin during sex, and the one time that he got to have her.

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    31 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 47

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    Belly has one specific creator that she always gravitates towards, a man with a soft voice and unlimited patience that goes by simply CBeck.

    No one—on the app or in real life—has gotten her off more times than CBeck has.

    Conrad writes and performs audio erotica. Belly is very much a fan.

    She doesn't know he's the voice that gets her off, and he doesn't know she's a fan.

    All they know is this: in real life, they desperately want each other hate each other, and they have to spend the next two weeks in Cousins together.

    Falling in love is so not on their radar.

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    29 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 11

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    At twenty, Isabel "Belly" Conklin thought her life was planned: Yale, a perfect future, a perfect relationship. But after a painful heartbreak and a betrayal from someone she trusted, everything falls apart, including her chance at Yale when she freezes during her interview.

    That summer, her family goes to Cousins, a wealthy lakeside town known for its country club, Fourth of July parties, and obsession with reputation. While her brother celebrates Princeton, Belly feels lost in a life that no longer feels like hers.

    Then she meets Conrad Fisher.

    Once Cousins’s golden boy, Conrad left home after discovering his father’s affair and his mother’s choice to stay in a broken marriage for appearances. Now he works at the country club to support himself and save for college, hiding anger from everyone, especially his brother, Jeremiah.

    Jeremiah is perfect, ambitious, and now filling Conrad’s place, resenting him for leaving.

    Between late-night dances, old songs, and stolen summer moments, Belly and Conrad fall for each other. But in a place built on secrets and appearances, love might not be enough to survive.

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    28 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 71

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    Belly doesn't get into Finch; turns out, Conrad doesn't go to Stanford either.

    Somehow, they both end up living in the same apartment complex.

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    19 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

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    She considers calling Taylor. She considers throwing her phone out the window. She considers tracking down her laptop and doing a deep-dive into the operation of the Hinge algorithm, so she can decide whether this chance-meeting-by-app was a matter of fate, circumstance, or mathematics.

    (Three years after almost marrying his brother, Belly stumbles across Conrad Fisher's profile on a dating app. She's being, like, totally normal about it.)

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    19 May 2026