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Love Elimination
SARAH GATES
www.harlequinbooks.com.au
To my loved ones
CONTENTS
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
About Sarah Gates
CHAPTER
1
Anna Hobbs dragged herself back to the tiny inner-city apartment she shared with her sister. She
worked two jobs—at Stressed, a popular dessert café, and at the worst supermarket in the city—and
after two shifts that day, her feet were about to fall off. Both shops had been crowded. She hadn’t even
been able to fantasise about the reason she was there: her dream to own a dessert café; a dream that
was close to coming true.
Anna was brainstorming names for the café when she walked into the apartment, kicking off her
shoes at the door and dropping her keys into the bowl. It was only when she went to flop down on the
couch that she noticed something strange. Kate, who never cooked, had set the table with their best
wine glasses and a plate of cheeses cut into perfect cubes. Anna approached the table warily.
‘Why is there a cheese platter?’
‘I wanted to celebrate.’ Kate pulled her long blonde hair into a bun. She leaned across the counter
and stabbed at the food. ‘I overheard you making that appointment with the bank this week. I’m so
proud of you!’
A smile stretched across Anna’s face and her heart swelled at the show of sisterly support. After
six years of hard work and even stricter saving, she’d earned enough money for a deposit, so she
could finally find a property and start her own business. Not only that, but she had the perfect place: a
beautiful old brick building not far from her apartment and close to a busy shopping strip. The
building was in desperate need of renovation, which meant it was cheap.
‘Kate … thank you.’ Even now she was twenty-four years old, receiving a compliment from her
older sister was like the first taste of an Adriano Zumbo dish.
‘Why didn’t you tell me?’ Kate asked.
‘I didn’t want to get carried away until everything was signed and official. It’s not quite there yet.’
‘Well, that’s stupid. You’re going to get it and you’re allowed to be excited.’
‘Thanks.’ Anna took a seat at the counter. ‘If my loan is approved on Wednesday, the first thing
I’m going to do is tell Mr Jhadav that I quit. You would not believe the abuse I got today for not
chasing after some hundred-mile-a-minute woman who left without her five cents in change.’ It was
pension day, which always brought a mass of elderly customers into the supermarket, and Anna had
been rushed off her feet. Stressed wasn’t as bad; at least there were no cockroaches and the customers
were usually nicer. But it wasn’t her café—the one she’d dreamed about since she was three years old.
Instead of laughing, Kate started tapping her ring on the counter. Anna took a sip from her wine,
waiting for her sister to spit out whatever it was she wanted to say.
‘Do you think you’ll have the loan and lease contracts sorted by next week?’ Kate finally asked.
‘Maybe. If all goes well, the bank said I could be the proud occupier of 12 Marlborough Avenue
by Wednesday,’ Anna said. Talking about her dream now that it was so close was tying her stomach
into knots. ‘Will you be around to celebrate? Or will you have started filming Love
Elimination
by
then?’ Anna smiled wryly. No matter how many times she said the cheesy title, she couldn’t keep

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