Together Again (Finding You Book 2) by Ashley Ana

Author:Ashley, Ana [Ashley, Ana]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

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I drove from the airport on autopilot. I couldn’t remember if the traffic was light or heavy, if I had the radio on as usual or not.

The image I had permanently etched on my mind was of Max’s face as he’d gone through the departure gates with Diogo.

The look in his eyes had told me everything he was feeling.

I knew we would see each other again, but it wouldn’t be the same.

We would just be friends whose best friends were a couple. Friends that had a shared history. But that was that.

When I opened the door to my apartment, Max jumped into my arms, and that was when I allowed myself to finally break apart.

I fell to the ground on my knees, holding my cat to my chest, letting the tears run free.

I jumped when a pair of arms pulled me into an embrace. I hadn’t even realized I’d left the door open.

The embrace was familiar; but while the arms, the aftershave, and the feeling of comfort were right in so many ways, it wasn’t what I wanted in that moment.

“Alex.” My voice was strangled and muffled against his shirt. “What am I going to do now?”

“Shh, let’s go sit on the sofa.”

Alex helped me up and guided me toward the living room.

The view from the balcony no longer had the same appeal.

I used to sit on the sofa looking out, but now all I could see was Max and I making love on the rug right in front of the balcony after seeing the sun setting in the distance.

Alex put a glass of cold chocolate milk in front of me.

“I haven’t had chocolate milk since forever.”

“Chocolate milk makes everything better. Remember when you studied really hard for that test and then when you got to class, you realized you’d studied for the wrong subject?”

I remembered it. Days and days of studying my most hated subject, chemistry. I’d still done well in the test since it was history and I’d been obsessed with ancient Greece and Rome, but I’d come home furious with myself.

Alex had brought me our favorite drink, saying that now we could play with the games console all day because I’d already studied for the next test.

“I’m not sure it can make this better.” I drank it anyway, enjoying the cool milk as it went down my throat and settled in my stomach.

“Can I be the big brother for a moment?” Alex asked.

“You’ve been my little big brother for a long time now.”

“No. I want to be the big, big brother.”

I raised my eyebrows. “Go on.”

“When you told me about Max after you came back from New York, I was so worried about you. I wasn’t sure those feelings you described could be real. You’d just met him. But you were so happy. More than I’d ever seen you. Then you went into this dark mood like you’d lost everything.” Alex made a pattern with the condensation on the outside of his now-empty glass, like he was trying to find the right words before he carried on.

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