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And like that, I watched him go. What else could I do? I was naked and still wet for him, but he didn’t want to give me anything else. Not yet at least.
Chapter 23
2 weeks later
Dear Spillit.
There’s a girl. I bet every email you get starts with that, but she’s not just any girl. She’s everything I’ve ever wanted, but wants to take things slow.
How do I make her realize that she’s the ONLY one for me
From
FlamesFlickeringAtTheFireside
Dear FlamesFlickeringAtTheFireside,
You’re right. There’s always a girl, but are you sure you know enough about her to make such a declaration of love?
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket if you aren’t sure.
Spillit
I could barely concentrate as I typed out my response forSpillit,the papers sitting next to my keyboard proving too distracting.
Application for Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce)
How did we even get here? My eyes traced the form until it got to the little yellow note on the top.
Britt,
I want you in this lifetime and the next.
I love you so much that I’m listening to you. You want to take it slow, and I’m offering you the slowest possible option.
To start again with me, or with someone else.
Obviously, I don’t want you to take that option, but it’s here for you in case I don’t prove my worth.
Matty
“So,” Sienna drawled out, sitting on my desk, and I pushed the papers to the side, covering them with my hand. “I know you don’t want to talk to me, but I can’t take the silence between us anymore.” My friend looked immaculate in her glasses with her hair styled in a cute, professional bun. Too bad her flailing arms were ruining the image she was going for. “You’re the only person that makes this office tolerable, and you haven’t spoken to me in three weeks since I dropped you off at your dorm. Well, okay, if we’re being honest, it’s been more like two weeks and a day, but that’s still a long time to me. Especially when it relates to one of my best friends.”
“O-okay.”
“Look, I get you’re going through something. Hell, the entire school now knows you’re going through something. You’re married, for crying out loud. And even though I’m a little salty about the fact I wasn’t invited to the wedding, I care about you. And I’ve got to be honest, I’m worried.”
I nodded, a rush of emotions pouring through me. In the last two weeks, I’d been acting like a robot, avoiding my roommate like the plague, and keeping my head down to focus on work, allbecause Matty had left me with a clusterfuck of emotions I was still trying to figure out.
“I just want my friend back. I can’t stand only speaking to hockey players every day. I mean, honestly, I don’t know how you do it. Don’t you have like three professional athlete brothers? Please tell me they have more depth than the shallow end of the pool, because the athletes I talk to have nothing important to add to any conversation.”
“Uh, okay.”
“Honestly, I’m not joking. They think fart jokes are humor, and they spit so much. Not in that hot ‘spit on it’ way either. Like real giant balls of spit flying around the locker room. I have to dodge them at every turn. I just can’t stand it.”
“Mm-hm.”
“I also want to apologize for pushing Erik on you. I knew you were having trouble with Matty, but I had no idea you were married to the guy.” She blew out a breath and shook her head. “I mean, seriously, what the hell? When did that even happen? You’re not wearing a ring. You never mentioned an engagement, and you’re really starting to make me feel like I’m not that important in your life. I know we’re technicallywork friends, but I don’t get close with many people, and if something as monumental as that happened to me, I would’ve told you in a heartbeat.”
