Breaking Through To You by ALYSSA MILANI

Author:ALYSSA MILANI [MILANI, ALYSSA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter

twenty

Eight days! That’s how upset Henry is. He doesn’t speak to me or return my calls or texts for eight damn days. After the third day, I gave up and refused to look at my phone unless Treyton sent me a message—yes, he has a personalized sound.

I wake up Sunday morning and stretch, dragging my feet out of bed and preparing myself for the day. It’s crazy how lonely I am without Henry. I’ve seen Treyton a handful of times in the last eight days but without my love life to talk about, I’m quiet most of the time. He tells me about his escapades with the same two girls he’s been sleeping with for years. I always thought he brought home someone new every night, he doesn’t, he continues to see the same women. Maybe there’s hope for him yet—stop.

I twist my hair into a knot on top of my head and there’s a soft knock on the door. I don’t hear it the first time and walk into the kitchen to make myself some coffee, but on the second strike, it catches my attention.

I don’t bother looking through the peephole when I open the door, it’s probably my mother coming to check on me. I haven’t seen her in two weeks. “Henry?” I say, shocked to see him. I legit thought we were done. “What’re you doing here?”

“To apologize.” He nods. “I overreacted.”

I place my fists on my hips. “You think?”

His voice cracks. “I just get scared that you’ll leave me.”

“I’m not her,” I urge soothingly.

“I know,” he whispers.

I finally look at the flowers and brown paper bag in his hands. “Trust me.”

He holds the flowers out to me. Pink roses with baby’s breath. I stare at the roses but don’t take them. I need to know if I can still be friends with Treyton. I won’t continue this if Henry refuses that friendship.

“You cannot control who I talk to. Treyton and I are friends. Good friends. Nothing more than that I assure you. But I need to know if our friendship is going to make you jealous or untrustworthy toward me. Because if so, then I will close this door and forget—”

I take a breath in as he kisses me. Giving me my answer.

“You can live with him for all I care. So long as you love me,” he says against my lips. “I do love you, Ophelia. I wasn’t lying about that. I just overreacted like an idiot.”

How can someone fall in love after just three months? This is normal, right?

I chuckle, wrapping my arms around his neck. “That’s okay.” I had forgiven him days ago, after Treyton and I spoke, I got the constant reminder that there’s no hope with him. I’m clinging to the potential because of Sara, but there isn’t any. I realized that over the past eight days and it took me a while to get here. I’m not fully there, but I’m closer. “Bring your cute idiot butt inside, I’m making coffee.

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