Failure to Thrive: Special Edition - a single father and nanny romance by Elle Rivers

Author:Elle Rivers [Rivers, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-22T16:00:00+00:00

A few days later, Riley was busy at work when she saw Sarah again, but this time she was not alone.

David was with her.

It hurt seeing them holding hands.

Riley hadn’t seen both of them together. Sarah had specifically come in holding David’s hand. It was almost like she was trying to show it off.

Riley had to remember she was at work and wasn’t able to react like she wanted to. A part of her suspected Sarah was coming in while Riley was working so she wouldn’t be able to avoid them.

“Hey,” Sarah said, putting on a big smile. “It’s good to see you!”

“Hi,” Riley tried to sound as nice as possible.

“I figured I would bring David in, since it’s been so long since you have seen each other. I hope you thought about what I said too. I think we could all be friends.”

Oh, screw her job. This was not right.

“I don’t think we can be friends. Sorry,” Riley said bluntly.

Sarah’s smile faded from her face. Riley tried not to feel proud of herself.

“Why not?” Sarah asked.

“What happened hurt. It’s not going to go away overnight.”

“Oh, come on, Riley,” David said. “You knew it was never going to work out between us.”

“No, I didn’t know that,” Riley said, glaring at him. “And it doesn’t matter. You guys were together before you and I broke up. Sarah, you were supposed to be my friend.”

“If you would let me explain—” Sarah began.

“I don’t want to hear it,” Riley said. “I don’t really care how you got together, or how bad you felt about it. You two went behind my back and didn’t tell me, so I am not interested in being friends.”

There was a long silence.

“I see you’re still as bitter as always,” David said.

“Excuse me?” Riley asked, shocked.

“You always made me a worse person, Riley. We weren’t good for each other.”

“Finally, something we agree on,” Riley said.

“But I’m changing and becoming a better man. You seem like you’re still the same person as before, always blaming other people for your problems. Are you still drinking everything away?”

“We didn’t come here to fight, David,” Sarah said.

“Then why come here?” Riley said. “Why bring David? You can’t honestly think after only three months I want to be best friends again.”

“I thought our friendship meant more than this, Riley,” Sarah said softly.

“And I thought it did too,” Riley said. “But what’s done is done.”

David shook his head. “I told you this would happen.”

“Do you guys have a coffee order?” Riley asked. “Because you’re holding up the line.”

That was a lie. No one had come in.

“You know, I genuinely hope you find someone who makes you better, Riley,” David said. “I hope you finally get over all your shit and move on because we are. Come on, Sarah, let’s go.”

David led her away from the counter and out of the store. Riley frowned and watched them go. She was trying not to let David’s words get to her. What did he know? He hadn’t been around these last three months.

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