{"id":251404,"date":"2026-07-13T01:15:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/alls-fair-natalie-marie-1\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T01:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:15:05","slug":"alls-fair-natalie-marie-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/alls-fair-natalie-marie-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Alls Fair – Natalie Marie (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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But there are very few moments until Trevor walks through that door, and I owe him my full attention. Okay so meet on Thursday at their house around 6:30. I\u2019ll let my mom know you\u2019re coming separately 6:30 it is. See you then The disappointment that runs through me with the lack of I love you at the end makes it hard to breathe for a minute\u2014fear that I really have lost her for good.<\/p>\n

I shake my head to try to dislodge those thoughts before they can run wild, place my phone on my desk, and sit back. The sounds of students walking around and the chatter that follows them hits my ears, the warning music playing softly overhead to let students know they only have two minutes to get back to class. I\u2019m about to return to my paperwork when a mess of brown hair enters my office, head down and quick steps bringing Trevor barreling into my office and slumping into the chair in front of my desk with a huff.<\/p>\n

It takes my brain a second to process what I\u2019m seeing. Trevor\u2019s arm, in a sling. The blue material covers over a heavily bandaged arm in black casing. I see red when I get a good look at him. I know that look on his face that he is about to try to feed me lies about what happened. Trevor is very good at wearing a mask if you don\u2019t know exactly what to look for. But it\u2019s hard to mask around someone who perfected that look years before he was born.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened?\u201d I ask, trying to keep my voice even and the anger shoved as far down as it will go. \u201cI fell at work,\u201d he replies, stone-faced, as if that\u2019s the least interesting thing he has heard all day. \u201cHow?\u201d I lean forward to rest my hands on my knees, remembering to keep my body language open and engaged with him. I\u2019m hoping that extra prodding from me today doesn\u2019t send him shutting down and shutting me out.<\/p>\n

He fucking shrugs at me. \u201cHow did you fall and break your arm, Trevor?\u201d \u201cI just fell at work, okay? Can you leave it alone?\u201d he spits. \u201cI can\u2019t leave it alone, Trevor. Not when you come into my office with new bruises telling me you fell or slipped.<\/p>\n

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Editing: Jenny Ayers of Swift Red Pen | @swiftredpen Cover Design & Proofreading: Alex of Novel & Navy | @novelandnavy 1kitap1.com\/en contents Author\u2019s Note Playlist Avery 1. Avery 2. Avery 3. Kane 4. Avery 5. Kane 6. Kane 7. Avery 8. Avery 9. Avery 10. Kane 11. Avery 12. Kane 13. Kane 14. Kane 15. Avery 16. Kane 17. Kane 18. Avery 19. Kane 20. Kane 21. Avery 22. Kane 23. Avery 24. Kane 25. Avery 26. Kane 27. Avery 28. Kane 29.<\/p>\n

Kane 30. Avery 31. Kane 32. Kane 33. Avery 34. Avery 35. Kane 36. Kane 37. Kane 38. Avery Kane Acknowledgments Coming Soon About the Author 1kitap1.com\/en author\u2019s note Thank you for picking up my debut novel All\u2019s Fair. This story has a heavy focus on the importance of mental health, specifically anxiety and panic attacks. I have mirrored most of this after my own experience with generalized anxiety disorder and history of panic attacks.<\/p>\n

Since anxiety can look different for everyone, please keep in mind Kane\u2019s anxiety is unique to himself. In order to keep in line with the plot, I took some creative liberties with the outcome of Kane\u2019s job at the end.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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