Against the Odds
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Ezra Blackwood doesn't believe in fate.
People don't magically appear in your life. Lock eyes with you across a crowded dance floor, disappear into the night, then somehow keep finding their way back to you.
New York is too big for that.
So when the same quiet blond stranger keeps crossing his path, Ezra tells himself it's coincidence.
It has to be.
Because the guy is impossible to figure out.
He's kind. Funny in a quiet sort of way. Brilliant. Completely unforgettable.
Ezra, on the other hand, knows how to read a room before anyone speaks. He can negotiate billion-dollar deals without breaking a sweat and build an empire from nothing without losing himself in the process.
He knows exactly who he is.
Or at least, he thought he did.
But half the time, Ezra isn't even sure this quiet stranger is interested in men-let alone him.
He doesn't give Ezra any reason to believe this is anything more than two people repeatedly ending up in the same places.
Yet every conversation leaves Ezra wanting another.
And that's the problem.
Because Ezra Blackwood has spent his entire life learning how to stay in control.
Until Jae Seo.
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