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Still.
She’s giving me a fucking complex. Maybe I’m not the hot shit twenty-five year old I used to be, but I look damn good for thirty-four. And I’ve done well for myself.
And she still kicked me out.
I hear her voice in my head again.
This should be a one time thing. I don’t date assholes.
‘Should be.’ Not ‘will be.’
I smirk. That’s an opening for more, as far as I’m concerned.
I head back downstairs and check in with Antolin while I wait for Ronaldo to come by to give me a ride to Palmas en la Playa.
Palmas en la Playa is the best Italian restaurant in Corazones. Just to the south of the town, it’s located right on the beach with the water lapping up to the tables at high tide.
I meet Kate in front of the restaurant. She’s got brown hair and dark eyes. On the taller side and wearing a black dress.
A few heads turn as she walks toward me.
“Mr. Wellington,” she says.
“You must be Kate.”
“Good guess.”
“Shall we?”
I hold the door open and lead her through.
They give us a table right next to the water.
"Kate, you look absolutely stunning tonight," I say as I take a sip of my wine. No lies told. She’s got modelesque good looks.
I need to practice my anti-assholery.
She giggles and flutters her eyelashes at me. "Thank you, Jack. You're looking pretty handsome yourself."
I try to pay attention to Kate. By all means I should be all over her. But through the years I’ve learned to become more attuned but I’ve not been this distracted in a long while. I can't help but think about Amelia and the way her lips had felt on mine.
And not the ones on her face.
Okay, getting turned on on a date, thinking about another woman. This hasn’t happened before.
I have to shake my head to clear the thought of Amelia out of my mine. Shit, her taste is still on my tongue.
"So, Kate, tell me about yourself," I say, trying to focus on her.
"Well, I'm from upstate New York and I'm here for a yoga retreat," she says, twirling her fork in her pasta.
She keeps going on and I try to pay attention but Amelia is all I can think about.
Kate from upstate with the pasta on her plate.
Comes to Costa Rica and goes on a date.
Jack thinks she’s cool but has another fate
