Match Me If You Can

Jul 17, 2026

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Fictional novel opening with Jia Deshpande working on a relationship blog post challenging the idea of “The One.” In an office setting, Jia converses with her boss Monica, preparing an article that invites readers’ input and sets the story in motion toward romantic discovery.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages328

Reading Time8 h 25 min

AccessFree to download

Match Me If You Can is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. A Dell Trade Paperback Original Copyright © 2024 by Swati Hegde All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Dell, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. DELL and the D colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC. ISBN 9780593722916 Ebook ISBN 9780593722923 [randomhousebooks.com](randomhousebooks.com) Book design by Alexis Flynn, adapted for ebook Cover design: Belina Huey Cover illustration: Sudeepti Tucker ep_prh_7.0_ 147184595_c0_r0 Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication 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 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Epilogue: Three Months Later Acknowledgments About the Author To Kalie andAnanya, for showing me what best friendship actually feels like. This book—and I—would not be here without your unflinching love and support. Chapter 1 Seven Signs He’s the One . Jia Deshpande frowned at the blinking cursor, trying to ignore the voice in her head screaming, There is no such thing as “The One”! Jia looked around discreetly at the other writers in the office typing away at their keyboards before switching to an Incognito tab and logging into her WordPress account. New blog post for Love Better with J Title: There Is No Such Thing as “The One” Save as draft . “Hey.” Jia jumped. She quickly switched tabs to the Mimosa India article she was being paid to write and spun around in her revolving chair to smile at her boss.“Hey, Monica,” she said, her voice as steady as she could make it. Monica Shroff took a sip from her coffee mug and eyed the mostly empty Word document on the screen before returning her gaze to Jia.“I see you’re working on the One article.” “Yes—yes, I am,” Jia said, chin up and a confident smile on her face, as an idea came to her that would increase the word count and cut her work in half.“I was actually thinking of getting some readers to chime in too.” “Hmm?” Monica raised a brow. “Like this.” Jia turned back to her screen and typed out, \#1 : He also tries to keep the spark alive, so it’s not j ust you doing all the work . “And then we get a reader to talk about how her SO does this, and that makes the article all the more relatable to other readers.” After a beat, her boss nodded. “Sounds like a plan. Get one of the marketing interns to put out an Instagram post asking

Jul 17, 2026

Uploaded by Noah