the Art of Breaking Up by Elizabeth Stevens

Author:Elizabeth Stevens [Stevens, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ISBN:9781925928525, ASIN:B08YR827T5
Publisher: Sleeping Dragon Books
Published: 2021-06-07T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“Does this mean the whole no-strings thing applies, or…?” he asked against my lips.

“What?” I laughed.

“I just want to know where we stand. No mixed signals or anything.”

I pulled away and looked at him. “Do you want a no-strings thing?”

“I think we’ve established I do. What’s more important right now is what you want.”

“I want to do less thinking and more kissing you.” Less thinking resulted in less guilt.

He smirked. “I don’t hate the sound of that, but I also don’t want any crossed wires or regrets happening.”

I huffed. “I feel great when I’m with you, Wade. Really great. Free. And then I feel awful because my best friend still likes you.”

“She knows it’s never happening, right?”

I nodded. “Of course. But the heart wants what the heart thinks it wants.”

“So, you don’t think she loves me?”

I bit my lip as I searched for the right words. “Honestly, I think she uses you as an excuse not to put herself out there again. If she’s hung up on you, she doesn’t have to commit and she can’t get her heart broken. Again.”

“So, what’s the problem?”

“The problem is, she doesn’t think so. There is such a thing as a girl-code, bro. And I’m breaking every single sub-section every time I just think about you!”

He smirked. “You think about me a lot?”

I huffed and tried not to return the smile. “More than I should.”

“Do you want us to both walk away?”

I paused so long I almost thought I’d have the balls to say ‘yes’. Unsurprisingly though, I said, “No. Apparently my guilt doesn’t quite outweigh my selfishness.”

“Putting yourself first is okay.”

“Then why doesn’t it feel okay?”

“Maybe it’s the hiding it?” he offered and I baulked.

It wasn’t that I thought he was wrong, per se, but...

“Lisa can never know about this!” I said vehemently.

He held up his hands. “Okay. Lisa will never find out.”

I felt all sorts of things at hearing him say those words. Things like deathly terrified Lisa would in fact find out and never speak to me again. Things like the only logical place this was going was an end, which I apparently didn’t appreciate. Things like either way – whatever happened – I lost.

I decided not to think about any of those things.

And apparently, I decided that the best way to not think about those things was to push Wade onto the couch – which earned me a cheeky smirk – and climb into his lap to kiss him senseless.

His arms wound around me tightly and he kissed me back. It wasn’t the first time – and I doubted it would be the last – that I felt like I wasn’t the only one who was trying not to think of unpleasant things. There was something nice about avoiding unpleasant things together.

Given our proximity and position, it was inevitable that our bodies naturally rubbed against each other. If I wasn’t careful – of my behaviour, not his – then this had the propensity to get incredibly hot and heavy incredibly quickly.

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