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“Everything was also a struggle then. Sure, getting blasted all over the internet for millions of strangers to see sucked ass, but at least you aren’t still working at the bar and getting hit on by creepy men.”
“There’s that. And I haven’t spoken to Evan for the last week.”
After our fight, I didn’t want to talk to him, and he didn’t seem to want to talk either. He left a room if I entered it and he wouldn’t look me in the eyes at all.
If that’s the way he wants things to be going forward, then I’m more than happy to comply.
At least, that’s what I told myself after I tried to talk to him every morning and he hurried out the door to work before I could even get a full sentence out.
“Why the hell aren’t you two talking?”
I shrug and look away from her. “He said that everything that’s happened between us was a mistake. And then he keeps avoiding me. There’s only so many hits that my ego can take.”
“Maybe one more hit wouldn’t be the worst. Men can be idiots.”
“I’m not going to keep trying to talk to him only to have him continue to ignore me. I have a bit more pride than that.”
Zara laughs and pulls me in the direction of a lingerie store. My eyes widen and I try to stop her but she keeps pulling.
“What do you think you’re doing?” I ask her, my cheeks turning red. Yes, I subscribed to a monthly lingerie subscription, but going into a store and trying to find something in person seems daunting.
“I think that we’re going to make him stop running from you.”
“It’s fine if he does.”
Zara stops and turns to face me. She yanks her arm out of mine and puts her hands on her hips. “Kendall, I’ve never seen you happier than I have in the last few months. If I can believe even a tiny portion of what I think is happening between the two of you, then I know you don’t mean that.”
“Look, he’s made his choice.”
Zara grabs my hand and starts pulling me toward the store again. “And we’re going to get him to unmake it. We just need to find you the perfect outfit.”
I look at the scraps of fabric as we walk in and shake my head. “I don’t think any of these can be considered an outfit.”
“Honey, slap on a pair of heels with whatever you pick and it’s an outfit that no man can resist,” a familiar voice says from behind me.
I spin around, grinning when I see Aurora. She immediately engulfs me in a tight hug.
“What are you doing here?” I ask her after introducing her to Zara.
“This is one of my stores,” Aurora says as she starts shifting through a rack of black lace. “Now, look through this stuff with me. You too, Zara. We need to find something that’s going to make Evan crawl on his knees and beg for forgiveness.”
“You don’t even know what he did,” I say as Aurora starts holding up two-piece sets against my body.
She shrugs. “If it’s anything like what Jordan did to me, then I can assume you need something that will make him crawl on his knees.”
I laugh and shake my head as my cheeks light on fire. “How is that entire situation going for you?”
“Oh, more gossip?” Zara is nearly bouncing up and down. “I need to know everything right now.”
Aurora gives Zara a brief history of her and Jordan before shrugging. “There’s nothing there anymore. I don’t even want to be his friend, but he keeps letting himself into my apartment every morning with the key my brother gave him in case of emergencies.”
“You know, you could always have the locks changed,” I say, moving to a rack with teal-colored lingerie. “And then he wouldn’t be able to break in.”
“And miss getting to see a shirtless soldier make me breakfast before I go out and make billions of dollars? Hell no.” Aurora grins and winks at me.
After a few more minutes of searching through the racks, my arms are piled high with pieces to try on. Aurora and Zara follow me to the dressing room, insisting on a fashion show until I try on a dark green bodysuit with garters that brings out the color of my eyes.
“He’s going to lose his mind,” Aurora says, kissing my cheek before taking off to go deal with the rest of her business.
