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Innovator of the Year award. Below that were my credentials: MD from Johns Hopkins, MBA from Wharton, PhD in biomedical engineering from MIT. “What exactly did you tell Marcus about me?” I asked quietly.

“I said you work at a hospital in an administrative role. Which is technically true, right? You do work at BMC.”

“Rachel—”

“Please don’t.

This is important to me. Marcus is the one. I can feel it.

His family is hosting us for New Year’s, and I need everything to be perfect before then. Having you at Christmas with Mom asking those pitying questions about your job and Dad making awkward comments about you still renting would ruin the image I’ve built.”

I heard rustling on the line. Then my mother’s voice joined.

“Natalie, honey. Rachel put me on speaker. Your father’s here too.”