Love Unleashed: An Enemies to Lovers Romantic Comedy (Capitola Crushes) by Elise Eliot

Author:Elise Eliot [Eliot, Elise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

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20

My alarm has been going off for at least five minutes when Cupid starts licking my hand, which is hanging off the side of the bed. I can’t move. My body is made of lead.

After a few more minutes of lying here like the dead, Cupid’s licks become more urgent. He knows if I don’t get up, our run gets cut short. “Alright you win!” I groan, throwing off the blankets that had ensconced me in a cocoon of warm comfort to greet the snippy air. I throw on all black activewear to match my mood, load my fanny pack with dog bags, Cupid’s favorite toy, and my keys, then refill my water and head outside where the air is so crisp, I shiver immediately.

Pretty soon, the weather will be too cold for morning runs and we’ll switch to indoor games and workouts, but I’ve got a couple more weeks before that happens, and I need these runs more than ever. Maybe if I run far enough, I’ll outrun my racing thoughts which kept me up all night and then plagued me with nightmares as soon as I finally fell asleep.

I start hitting the pavement, Cupid dutifully by my side. He could do this run without me at this point, because we’ve done it so many times. But today, I’m kicking up the pace. Today, I’m trying to outrun my feelings. Today, I’m trying to run so hard and so fast, I can chase away the memories of kissing Malakai Dixon.

I run until I’m hunched over, clutching my side. When I check my watch, I’m briefly comforted to see that I’ve hit a new milestone. For the first time in my life, I’ve run an eight-minute mile. Cupid is panting, too, so I detach the mini-dog bowl lid from my water bottle and pour some water into it for him before collapsing onto a nearby bench facing the ocean.

Doesn’t matter how fast you run, eventually you have to slow down and face your problems. Staring at the ocean is just another stark reminder of the day we went surfing, the day things shifted between us, and the day I first thought about kissing him. Now, I know what it feels like to be in his arms and it’s so much worse than when I was just imagining it.

Cupid nuzzles next to me, sensing my distress. The problem isn’t that I kissed Malakai. The problem is that I’m one of three women that’s kissing Malakai. The problem is that Malakai seems to kiss every woman in his life. The problem is that I think I only want to kiss Malakai and he might be involved with someone else. My heart aches as these realities stack on top of me, like weights dropping on my shoulders. The emotional toll makes me curl up on the bench in the fetal position, using the hoodie of my jacket like a little pillow.

I have a fleeting thought that I should cancel on ketchup guy, but I need this date with Dane more than ever.

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