Sometimes What We Call a Dealbreaker Is Just a Truth We Haven’t Understood Yet.

Is it too much?”

“Maybe just a little,” I said carefully.

He rubbed the back of his neck.

“I always worry I don’t smell fresh enough. I’d rather overdo it than underdo it. I guess I went way overboard tonight.”

What I had interpreted as a possible dealbreaker wasn’t arrogance or carelessness—it was nerves.

It was someone trying too hard to make a good continue reading …