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I opened my mouth to answer that no, it was definitely that I wanted a break.
But if I wanted a break, then why did I ache for her to be here? Why did I want to get in my car and drive to her house and beg her to come home with me and forget the whole thing? I’d tried to talk myself into not doing the thing I wanted to do. A classic brain and heart situation.
“I think you already know the answer. It’s true that a broken clock is right twice a day, but your brother is also an asshole saboteur who knows exactly how to poke at your soft spots,” Paige said. Other than me, she was definitely a Wyatt expert. He’d pulled the same shit with her when they’d dated.
“I know,” I said. “I keep trying to tell myself that it’s not possible to feel this way about her so quickly, but that doesn’t stop me from feeling the way I do about her,” I said.
“Which is?” Esme pressed gently.
I inhaled shakily. The thing that I’d been trying to suppress broke free, shedding the chains I’d put on it.
I shrugged. “I love her.”
I had always loved her, but not in this way. Not this big. Not in this all-consuming way.
“Yeah, you do,” Paige said with a smile. “It’s all over your face.”
“I know. I tried to stop it. I did make an effort,” I said, laughing a little as I felt a few tears drip down my cheeks. I didn’t know why I was crying.
“Sometimes it can get you even when you do your best to fight it,” Paige said, looking at Esme.
“Sometimes you just have to surrender,” Esme said, staring at Paige. It felt like I wasn’t even there. They were so wrapped up in each other.
“What are you going to do?” Paige asked finally, blushing a little as she turned away from Esme.
“There’s only one thing to do: Tell her and see what happens.”
