Start Again Series: A Billionaire Romance Box Set by J. Saman

Author:J. Saman [Saman, J.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-08-27T16:00:00+00:00

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Ivy

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Originally I was scheduled to move on Monday, but then I pushed it back to Wednesday because I figured the more time I got to spend with Luke, the better. But that all went to hell. Now I see no reason in prolonging the inevitable, which is why I moved it back up to Monday.

So here I am with my last day of this fellowship behind me, and it felt nothing but anticlimactic. It felt like a waste of a day and a graduation. Any excitement I should be effusing is non-existent. Any pride I should be showcasing is now not-so-mysteriously absent.

And now that Luke is officially out of my life, again, I am moving across the country in two days. But here’s the problem with that. I have absolutely nothing to do until then. I’m packed, all except one small suitcase that I’m living out of. I’ve had my farewell dinner with my parents and coworkers, and though I could change my plane ticket again, my apartment in Boston won’t be ready for me until Monday.

Two days with nothing to do but lament the man I was certain was my future.

But I’m not exactly the type of woman who sits around with a pint of ice cream as I cry my eyes out, listening to a mix of the all-time greatest love songs. I don’t torture myself with romantic films or scour the pages of angsty romance novels looking for meaning.

No, I’m the type of woman who works her way through a problem—literally—as in I bury myself in my craft. But I don’t have that option for the next forty-eight hours, and that leaves me with nothing but my thoughts.

My very dangerous thoughts.

The kind of thoughts that get women all over the world into trouble.

You know the sort.

Overanalytical, compulsive, self-deprecating and relentless.

The type of thoughts that force you to replay every single second of your entire relationship to try and discern where things went so very wrong. Where the signs were that you blatantly missed, because you felt that this time was different. That you were different together and could eclipse all the rules you so carefully created and assembled into place to safeguard against this very thing from happening.

Kate rang this morning with well wishes and promises of a visit when she comes east. I want to excommunicate myself from everything that even remotely reminds me of Luke, but I can’t do that to Kate. I can’t do that to Claire either. So I agreed to those visits and did my best to keep my voice as upbeat as possible, knowing that every detail of our conversation—and my demeanor during said conversation—was going to be relayed to Ryan.

The problem is that I miss him. The problem is that I love him and I told him that I did. Worse yet, he told me the same. He even initiated that conversation, only to flip it all around and tell me that he was leaving me for my own good.

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