Even Exchange

<h4><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Noah Caruso</strong></h4><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've always been a five-year plan kind of guy. I got through college with minimal distractions maximum touchdowns and zero relationships. Then I met </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Charlotte Benson</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> the woman who made me believe in wishes and a strict set of rules was added to my routine.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Rule One: Don't Touch Charlotte</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This one was difficult from the start but made impossible once she accidentally told her ex we were dating. (Spoiler alert: we weren't.)</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Rule Two: Don't Think About Charlotte</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>That was easy.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Until she got to know the real me. Learning things I hadn't even shared with my closest friends. Secrets that if brought to the surface could be dangerous even deadly.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Rule Three: Don't Text Charlotte</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Turns out I'm pretty bad at rules. Who knew??</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Rule Four: Definitely Don't Under Any Circumstance Kiss Charlotte</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When that rule was ignored I thought it would destroy me but instead I began to wonder if this fake dating fling could turn into something real. Then two words changed everything:</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm pregnant.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>This is the third novel in the Crystal Bay University series by Hailey Dickert and can be read entirely as a stand alone.</em></strong></p>