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IN THE MIDST OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC , WHEN THE WORL D SEEMED TO BE AT A STANDSTILL , FATE FOUND A WAY TO BRING JULIA AND NIC TOGETHER IN WASHINGTON , DC . THEIR FIRST DATE , SCHEDULED FOR A SUNDAY NIGHT , SEEMED DESTINED TO FAIL . YET , FROM THE MOMENT THEY MET , JULIA FELT AN UNEXPECTED EASE IN NIC ’ S PRESENCE . DESPITE THE STRICT LOCKDOWN IN THE CITY , WHICH CURTAILED THEIR MULTI- HOUR DINNER DATE FROM CONTINUING AT A BAR , THEY PARTED WAYS WITH A SHARED SENSE THAT THEY HAD ENCOUNTERED SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL .