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Assignment: Hope and Arthur

The assignment had been simple. Make Hope Cahill fall in love with him. Him falling in love with her had not been part of the plan. Arthur Trent groaned and ran a hand over his hair. Why did she have to be so beautiful and intelligent and kind and funny and- He groaned once more.

"I'm hopeless" He moaned. Then he smiled in spite of himself, as his own words sank in,

"No, I'm not hopeless, that's the whole problem" He fell back on the bed and started to laugh, half in amusement, half in resignation.

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