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“I love you, Anna,” I said, kissing her sweet lips. Her body tensed a bit, so I placed my fingers against her lips before she could say anything. “Listen, I don’t expect you to say it back to me. Please don’t feel like you have to. I just wanted to let you know. If you don’t feel the same, it’s okay.”
She flashed me an awkward smile and kissed me back, pressing those soft lips to mine. She may not love me, not yet, but I knew the kiss was real.
She had feelings for me too.
Which is why I couldn’t give up on us.
The evening began winding down, and Anna pulled me aside. “I know when I’m leaving for the trial,” she said. She wouldn’t meet my eyes.
“Oh yeah?”
“It’s only for two weeks.”
“I know,” I said. I also knew Anna; she was amazing, and she would nail this trial and she would succeed at getting the job. “So when do you leave?”
“In two days.”
My heart skipped a beat. “Two days?”
“Yes, I leave Monday morning.”
Chapter 25
Anna
The day finally arrived. My flight was bright and early, six a.m. out of Salt Lake City with a layover in New York City and another in London. All in all, I’d be traveling for almost an entire day.
Emily and James had left for their honeymoon, but Grace had offered to drive me.
The drive to the airport seemed to take forever, and I pretended to sleep some of the drive just to keep myself from talking. I could feel the tears stinging my eyes, and all it would take is one wrong word and it would be like a waterfall I feared would not stop.
Two weeks. It’s only two weeks, Anna, I reminded myself. I’d been apart from my family for longer. What did it matter that this was the entire other side of the world, or that since being back in Sunville, I’d grown closer to my family and realized just how much I loved being around them?
And of course, there was Levi too.
Grace parked the car and was helping unload my suitcases when a familiar voice called out to us.
“Anna! Grace!” Levi jogged closer.
“What are you doing here?”
“Saying goodbye, of course,” he said with a goofy little grin.
“But I didn’t tell you when my flight left.” I had specifically not told him; I said my goodbyes the night of the wedding. Seeing him before I left would only make things harder. I wouldn’t be able to hold back the tears if he was here, and I hated crying in front of people.
“Emily mentioned it to me,” he said. “I’m sorry if you didn’t want me here, I just thought…”
“No, of course we want you here,” Grace assured him, shooting me a weird look. I’d once again told her we’d had a fight, when in reality, I was just trying to avoid Levi.
Levi looked at me, his green eyes seeming to look right through me.
“I’m sorry, I just knew saying goodbye would be hard.”
“It’s okay,” he said softly, taking the luggage from my sister and me. “Which airline?”
“Delta,” I said.
“Alright, let’s get this show on the road then.” He didn’t sound too enthusiastic.
