1.1 | Across the Way
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Being the proud owner of Elles bakery, Evangeline Cahill puts all her priority into working so that she is able to stay and live in New York City. All the while across from her own apartment is New York cop, Elijah Benson. He's blatantly honest and is much like Evangeline when it comes to lacking friends.
So when he is in dire need of someone to watch his dog, Harvey he turns to the one person he's talked to longer then a whole of five minutes. Willingly saying yes, Evangeline thinks nothing of it other than she'll be able to come home to something other than her television. But with dog sitting comes dinner dates, dog walks, and lots of late night conversations.
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