Reunion: A Friends to Lovers Romance by London Hale

Author:London Hale [Hale, London]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944336370
Publisher: London Hale
Published: 2017-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

The drive home seemed endless, taking so much longer since I had to keep pulling over to give myself time to stop crying. Still, I made it back to my little apartment with its boring tan rug and walls, its tiny kitchen only meant for one person. The place was silent and cold, and I hated it. There was no Luke there. I hated it, but it was where my life resided. Too exhausted to do anything else, I turned off the lights and headed to my bedroom, ready to put the weekend behind me. Ready to sleep away the painful rock that had wedged itself in my chest and refused to let me breathe.

On Sunday, I went to work. I wasn’t scheduled and probably needed the time off to put my head back on straight, but when the charge nurse called that she needed help, I jumped. The beigeness of my place had started to suffocate me. Fuck sitting home alone and wallowing—work would keep my mind off of things.

Or so I thought.

Instead, I spent eight hours on my feet, my heart aching, and my mind constantly drifting to Luke. What was he doing? Did he miss me at all? Was he glad I’d left, or had I hurt him with my disappearing act? What had I been thinking? Luke wasn’t Barry—he wasn’t the type of guy who would cheat on his girl. At least, I didn’t think so. There had to be a good reason for why he hadn’t told me about Barry and the other woman. It wasn’t his way to be dishonest. Or was that my crush overriding what my brain was trying to tell me? Was this like when Barry was cheating and I’d started to see the signs of it but chose to ignore them? If I called Luke and told him I missed him, would I regret it later when something went wrong?

It was all too much, too overwhelming. I needed a break from my own mind.

“Just keep nursing. Just keep nursing—”

“You okay, Hannah?” The admin behind the front desk gave me a funny look, her eyes seeming to take in every detail. Wonderful. I’d ripped a hole in my life the likes of which I wasn’t sure I could fix, and now my coworkers were going to think I had lost my mind.

I dropped the pen I’d been holding, the one that hadn’t made a single note on the chart I’d laid out probably fifteen minutes ago. No wonder I was being questioned. “I’m fine, just tired. I chant to myself to keep going when I’m tired.”

“Like that fish from the movie.”

Okay, then. “Yeah, exactly. Like that.”

She smiled and turned back around. “Whatever works to get you through the day. You do look tired.”

Which meant I looked like shit. Of course. “I’m fine. Really.”

“It’s not my business,” she said, sneaking a peek over her shoulder at me. “But you look like your heart’s been ripped out and stomped on.”

My breath caught, and I wasn’t sure what to say.

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