Noble Intent: A Friends to Lovers Romance (Rapturous Intent Rockstar Series Book 1) by Cadence Keys

Author:Cadence Keys [Keys, Cadence]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-01-07T18:30:00+00:00

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THREE MONTHS LATER

It’s been six months since that night with Trent, and I wish I could say that I’m over him. That he didn’t leave a giant void inside me, but the truth is I miss him more every day. Therapy hasn’t helped me in the way I thought it would. Don’t get me wrong, it’s working, but it’s a painstakingly slow process. Each session we get closer to battling the demons that still have me freezing up whenever I try to text Trent, but the progress has been slower than I expected, and I find myself asking more questions than getting answers.

What hasn’t changed at all is that I still feel like a giant piece of my heart is missing. I didn’t just lose the man I’d fallen for, I lost my friend. It was always so easy with Trent. We could talk for hours about nothing and everything. We enjoyed watching the same movies and listening to all different types of music. Spending time with him took me back to all those times we’d hang out as kids and preteens. The long hot Texas days, chasing fireflies, making mud pies.

It was a simpler time.

Part of me understands why he was so eager to get back to being friends. I know what that meant to him. I can’t imagine the life he’s lived as a rock star, but it does seem pretty superficial.

But another part of me can’t let go of the fact that he thought our night together was a mistake.

I thought it was perfect.

But I guess I was alone in that. I let out a heavy sigh and then grab another chocolate chip cookie. I’ll work out tomorrow, but tonight I’ve decided to wallow. I’ve been holding myself together for the past few months—barely, but still. I go out with my friends, I laugh, I smile. I go to work, then the gym, never diverting from what has turned into a robotic schedule. I pretend I’m not still aching for him.

I think I deserve a night of being sad and lonely. Tucking my feet under me on my couch, I dip my cookie in my glass of milk, my eyes glued to the TV screen and a different pair of piercing blue eyes than the ones I dream about. My phone rings, and I glance down to where it sits on the armrest.

I put down my milk glass and slide the accept button. “Hey, Elise, what’s up?”

“Hey, Mom wanted me to call and check up on you.”

I can’t help but smile. “Way to rat her out.”

Elise just laughs, “Come on, you know how she can be. She worries about us.”

“Yeah, she does.”

“So…how are you?”

I let out a heavy breath, trying to figure out how to answer. I really don’t know. Some days I feel okay, other days, every little thing makes me think of him, and it feels like someone is trying to take my heart out with a sharp knife. Today I just feel weighed down with sadness, my whole body bearing the weight of my heartbreak.

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