The Upside Of Love by Sandi Lynn

Author:Sandi Lynn
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Sandi Lynn Romance, LLC
Published: 2014-11-04T00:00:00+00:00

20

Lily

The nerve of him. We were seated in a booth and I looked around to see if there was another one available. Another booth just for me.

“Are you looking to sit somewhere else?” he asked.

Damn him. I hated that he knew me too well in these types of situations.

“Yes. Yes, I am because this is bullshit that you brought me here,” I said through gritted teeth across the table.

I picked up my menu and held it up to my face so he couldn’t see me. This wasn’t right and it was not helping my state of mind.

“I’m sorry, Lily. You’re right. Let’s go,” he said as he got up from the booth.

I took in a deep breath. Every piece of me wanted to get up from my seat and follow him, but I couldn’t.

“Sit down and look at the menu,” I said.

“No, seriously. Let’s go. I can’t do this with you either. I thought I could, but I can’t.”

“You’re making a scene, Luke. Sit down and let’s order dinner.”

He sighed, sat back down, and opened his menu. The waitress walked over and took our drink order. Since this place didn’t have alcohol, I just ordered coffee. Luke stuck with water. I picked up my phone and sent a text message to Gretchen.

“Thanks a lot for leaving the hospital without giving me a ride home.”

“Sorry. We sort of forgot you didn’t drive. But Luke was there. He gave you a ride home, right?”

“Not yet. He was starving, so he stopped at a diner to get something to eat.”

“Oh. Well, use this time to talk to him.”

“Goodbye, Gretchen.”

“Are you bitching to Gretchen about having to stop here?”

DAMN. HIM. “No. I was—It’s none of your business.”

The waitress came back with our drinks and took our order. I only ordered a side salad because I wasn’t hungry, but I didn’t want Luke to start in on me. The couple sitting at the table next to us were being overly affectionate. They were holding hands across the table, stealing little kisses, smiling, laughing, and being what Luke and I used to be like. I could feel the tears spring to my eyes. The waitress brought our food just in time.

“I saw you staring at that couple over there,” he said as he took a bite of his burger.

“I wasn’t staring.”

“They remind me of two other people.”

“Really? Because nothing’s really as it seems. They’ll wake up one day.”

He took another bite of his burger and stared at me while nodding his head. That was the end of our conversation for the rest of the night. After we finished eating, Luke drove back to the apartment. I walked in mine, and he walked in his without as much as a goodnight.

****

Luke

I walked in my apartment and threw my keys on the table. Sam and Gretchen were snuggled on the couch, watching a movie.

“Hey, what took you so long to get back?” Sam asked.

“Before coming home, I stopped off and got something to eat.”

“Wasn’t Lily with you?”

“Yeah, she was, and it didn’t go so well.

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