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“Yes.” Caroline nods. “The dream is supposed to be your moment of realization.”
My chest hurts, the pain almost crippling. I make a sound of distress in the back of my throat and Coraline stares at me, her brows pulled together in slight confusion.
“You’ve seen your choice in your dream,” she tells me slowly. “ It showed you who your heart truly desires. Love is not meant to be this complicated. Your dream was clear. So why are you still stalling?
I swallow thickly, past the lump in my throat. “Because my dream means that I have to break his heart.”
“Love is always accompanied with tragedy. It’s inevitable.”
“He doesn’t deserve it.” I shake my head. Hot tears sting my eyes as I hold them back from spilling over my cheeks.
“Heartbreak is part of life.” She tsks.
Caroline pats the back of my head, giving me a sympathetic look. “Make your choice before it’s too late, Riley.”
I stumble away from the counter, my chest tightening with despair.
Make your choice before it’s too late, Riley.
Her words echo in my ears.
… before it’s too late…
I numbly walk out of Caroline’s shop. Standing outside, in the cold winter air, I take out my phone and call him.
He answers on the first ring. “Riley,” he breathes, and I hear the relief in his voice.
“Grayson.”
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
Colton— 21 years old
I’m pissed.
And more bitter than I’ve ever been in my life.
How dares he come back and act like everything is still the same? He broke her heart and left me to pick up the pieces, but now he chooses to come back?
When Riley has finally decided to trust me, to give me a chance. To give us a chance. I’ve been waiting for her to see me for the last two years, and now she does.
Riley sees me…
She wants me.
She kissed me. She moaned my name.
Grayson is the reason it has taken Riley this long to come to me, to trust me. And now he decides to fucking come back and ask for another chance.
No, fuck that.
He’s lucky to be Riley’s first love, he stole her heart first and he got his chance to make it right— but he ruined it.
This is supposed to be my chance now. It’s not fucking fair that I have to share it with him. Grayson thinks he still owns Riley’s heart— that she still loves him.
And the most distressing part about this… is that I think he’s right.
She’s angry at him, but deep inside? Riley’s heart is still soft for Grayson.
