Give Me a Chance: A Best Friends-to-Lovers Romance by Stacy Stone

Author:Stacy Stone [Stone, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SVM Publishing
Published: 2022-07-19T16:00:00+00:00

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EMMA

I’m moving out. As I look around the room, I know it’s going to be difficult to say goodbye to it tomorrow. Somewhere along the line, I started thinking about it as mine just as much as it was his, but it’s not. And that’s a big part of the problem.

This whole weekend was a mistake. I only realized it in the park this afternoon, but our date after our day together at the fairground was a step too far in the wrong direction. I’ve gotten too comfortable with him, and I need to fix it. Right now. While I still can.

He knows something is up, but he doesn’t know what. I’ve decided against telling him tonight, though. He put so much effort into planning our date that I don’t want to ruin it, so I lied to him when we got home, which I feel terrible about.

As far as he knows, I have a headache and I’m reading—by myself—in his room. In reality, I’m packing. Since it’s a Sunday night, I’ve texted the realtor instead of calling her, but I told her to phone me back if she doesn’t mind talking now. Otherwise, I said I’d try her tomorrow morning.

If all else fails, I’ll move back to my parents’ house for the time being. I’ve realized that I’ve been shutting them out for too long, and I don’t want to do it anymore. Whatever happens with the realtor, I need to make a real point of getting to my parents’ place anyway.

While I fully realize that what I’m doing might be a knee-jerk reaction, I’m going ahead with it anyway. Maxim and I went from being fine to balancing on a knife’s edge, and not even I noticed we were heading in that direction.

The truth hit me with the force of a speeding train in the park earlier, which is why, even if I am overcorrecting or overreacting, I need to do something about it right now. To fight for the part of our relationship that matters, I remind myself when my gut clenches with guilt. Our friendship. That’s what matters. He asked me if I’d fight for it, and I will.

All I can do now is hope he honors the no-questions-asked part of our deal. Because I can’t tell him the truth if he asks. It’s the scariest truth I’ve had to face in a long time, and I’m not ready to say it out loud, but I’m falling for him. Hard.

Fuck, maybe it’s not even just happening now. I think I’ve been falling for him since I met him, and I’m only really admitting it to myself now. But I’ve never felt this way before. I’ve never felt the things he makes me feel physically either, but what he’s been doing to me emotionally is even worse.

Because I want it so much I can almost taste it. I want it all with him, and now that we’ve been on a date, I just want it so much more.

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