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Because she’s taken.
I’ve wanted her to be mine since that first night. I’ve waited to make my move. Always wondered if she felt the magnetic pull between us any time we were in the same room.
Looks like I’ve been waiting for nothing, pining after a woman who doesn’t harbor any feelings for me. If she did, we wouldn’t be talking about a ridiculous event right now. She’d be in my arms. My lips would be pressed to hers.
And I’d be making every fantasy I’ve ever had about her come true.
But that’s not going to happen because she has a date with her boyfriend tonight.
And I’m not him.
That one tiny fact is all I can focus on as we go over details for the event. I let her make most of the decisions. Nod my head in agreement when it’s appropriate and offer suggestions when she asks for my opinion. An hour later, she’s shoving notebooks and a binder in her bag, and I’m struggling to walk away from her without pulling her back into my arms.
I’ll see her again soon. Ten days to be exact. After she gets back from visiting her parents in Chicago for Christmas.
As soon as we part ways, I immediately feel the same loss I felt that first night. My chest feels hollow. An emptiness settling deep inside me.
I don’t like it.
