Written in the Ink by SM Broad

Author:SM Broad [Broad, SM & Broad, SM]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-17T18:30:00+00:00

Hart

My breathing comes easier than it did before, because goddamn, it felt fantastic to unload all those thoughts I’ve been pinning back for far too long. No matter how hard I’ve tried to convince myself I’m over Diem, I’m being forced to face the truth in real time.

Because I’m not.

Not even fucking close.

It’s like I’m a boomerang, and no matter which direction I’m thrown, I always bounce back to her.

My best girl.

“I think you should have gone after Halle.” Diem’s voice is jittery, the way I suspect she’s feeling right now.

“Did you not hear what I just said?”

“It seems like she has a lot to offer you.”

“That doesn’t matter.” I huff, still irritated by her display of defiance at the bar. Now, I’m only growing more pissed off with everything she says.

“Sure, it does. I mean, I see the appeal. She’s pretty, probably smart. She has a college degree, doesn’t she? I bet she’s kind. Loves kids and animals.”

“Stop.” I pinch the bridge of my nose as I listen to her ramble. She sputters some more incoherent words, obviously frazzled. “Diem.”

“Does she come from money? She looks expensive. You two should be together. She deserves you.”

“What the fuck? And you don’t?” I balk when Diem gives me a weak shrug. “Is that why you keep pulling away from me? Because you think you don’t deserve me?”

“I hurt you. I just think you should be with someone who hasn’t. I want you to have everything you want in your life.”

“But I don’t want Halle.” I grit my teeth, feeling my blood pressure spike when Diem pivots away from me.

“Why not?” She peers at me over her shoulder cautiously.

“Because I don’t,” I reiterate, my brain throbbing at the sheer ridiculousness of this entire conversation. Suddenly, like finding a switch in the dark, something glows in my subconscious, and I know exactly why I’ve been spinning in circles lately.

Because the door to my past with Diem was never shut all the way, and she kicked that fucker right off the goddamn hinges the very first night I saw her again. She burst right back into my world, bringing me the best gift and making me see that the thing I thought couldn’t possibly be true, fucking is.

I still love her as much as I did five years ago.

Possibly even more.

Now it’s startlingly clear I’m plunging headfirst into a love that’s completely new, and I’m powerless to stop it from happening.

“But why not, Hart?” Diem presses, clearly wanting a decisive answer, so that’s what I fucking give her.

“Because she’s not you!” I holler so loudly my throat burns, although my voice is strong and clear. “You think I’m the way I am because it’s fun to be a dick? No. I’m this way because that lovesick, dopey kid I used to be got his heart crushed by the girl of his dreams. After I lost you, I vowed to never let someone have that kind of power over me again.”

“Hart…”

“Now none of it fucking matters, none of them matter because you still do, Diem.

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