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Emilia has never been awkward or polite with me, not even once. It’s weird that we’re acting like we’re strangers.
“Can we talk?” she asks. I nod and she walks to my bed. She sits down and clearly expects me to come sit down next to her, but I walk towards my desk chair instead.
“You’ve been weird,” Emilia says. I look at her, unsure how to even reply to that.
“Weird how?”
She shrugs, as though she can’t quite pinpoint it either.
“I asked you to be my girlfriend, and you said no. We both moved on. You moved on quicker than I did, but whatever. We’re back to what we used to be, aren’t we? Just friends, or something like that.”
Emilia shakes her head. “But we’re not, Carter. We aren’t friends. You’re just avoiding me and you won’t speak to me. Even pranks are off the table now,” she says, her voice breaking.
I sigh and run a hand through my hair. “I don’t know what you want from me, Emilia. When I offered you the world, it was too much. Now that I’m treating you the way you asked me to, it isn’t enough. Nothing will ever please you, and I’m done trying. Let’s just treat each other civilly in front of our families and let’s just let things be. Maybe we’ll find a way to go back to what we were before, maybe we won’t.”
She gulps and looks at me, tears gathering in her eyes. I look away. I can’t stand to see the pain in her expression, but I know I need a clean break.
“That would be okay with you?” she asks, her voice faltering. “If you and I were nothing more than strangers, would that be okay with you?”
No. It wouldn’t be. But it’ll have to be.
“Yes,” I say.
Emilia nods and turns to walk out. Every fiber of my being is yelling for me to follow her, but I know I can’t. Emilia has made her choice, and it’s time I accept that. She and I will never be together, and I need to learn to be okay with that. Not every story has a happy ending, and I guess ours is just one of those.
The end, for now
Afterword
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for following Emilia and Carter’s journey along. Emilia and Carter’s story is only just getting started. Theirs is a trilogy that follows them through their childhood, high school, college, and finally, adulthood. It’s an enduring type of love story, and theirs is my favourite so far.
You can read Illicit Promises, the second book in the trilogy, right here.
I’m always happy to hear from readers, so if you’d like to let me know how you’re enjoying the Stolen Moments Trilogy so far, please feel free to email me at [email protected].
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Stolen Moments Book II
For my beloved readers, especially the ones that have contacted me to let me know how much you loved Stolen Moments. This one is for you.
