He's got it coming: Love is the best revenge by Alexandra Winter

Author:Alexandra Winter [Winter, Alexandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00

At least she’s not psycho like Cecilia.

I point to the text. “See? I’m not the only one reacting to your behavior.”

Simen goes on texting.

Katelyn’s still my favorite though.

Fuck Simen.

Cecilia throws her arms out in frustration. “Why don’t you let me help you? Get you in touch with a therapist.”

“I already have a recommendation for a shrink, thanks.”

Who I’m never contacting.

“You’re smarter than this, and if you think about it, you know why I come here,” Cecilia says.

I know you’re lonely and apparently desperate for my friendship.

She walks downstairs, grabs her coat, and calls up to me. “Water the plant. Just like you, it needs love too.”

“Oh, come on! It’s a stupid plant. What are you talking about? I’m smarter than what?”

“Good night.” Cecilia closes the door behind her.

What the hell was that?

Ignoring Cecilia’s loss of focus, I get back to work and check Henrik’s payment history to ensure he hasn’t bought a new phone that I don’t know about. No transactions match a phone purchase or change in his behavior online. One detail I do like is that he’s removing Facebook friends he’s dated and cleaning up who he’s following on social media. He seems to want to start fresh and get rid of his past.

With them gone, his online presence has decreased significantly. I grab my phone. It’s eleven in the evening, and Henrik should be home by now.

Waiting for him to get here, I edit my will by deleting my request for a tombstone. I instead ask to be cremated and brought to my parents’ bed and breakfast in Portugal.

Three hours later, I’m exhausted in bed beside Henrik when he turns to me with a stern look.

“Am I good enough for you?” He’s staring at me as if demanding an honest response.

His question drains me. “What do you mean?”

Of course you’re not. Oh, is this why you haven’t asked me to be your girlfriend again?

He shuffles both hands under the pillow, supporting his head. “Think of the way I’m proud to show you off. If I’m good enough to be your boyfriend, you would be proud to show me off too.”

“You were proud?”

It didn’t seem like it.

“That’s why I brought you to meet my family. Now you’re just dodging my question. Would you be proud to introduce me to your family?”

Nope. I avoid any place we could potentially meet anyone I know when we go out.

“Of course I am.” I kiss his nose, and his mouth stretches into a huge grin.

Hell will freeze over before you ever meet anyone I care about.

“What do you want for your thirtieth birthday?” He sits up as if preparing for me to shower him with wishes. “Only two weeks away now.”

Not to celebrate my birthday.

I sit up next to him. He eases his arm around me, and I rest my head on his shoulder. “Nothing.”

“I want to get you something, come on.”

I don’t want anything to remind me of you, or that I have to get rid of after I’m done with you.

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