AllFreeNovel
Share Us
He looked so damn good. Even after three years, my knees went weak at the sight of this man.
I’d thought about the night we shared almost every day while I was in New York.
His hug was as warm and firm as I remembered. His body felt just as good as it had back then. And the way he smiled at me sent shivers down my spine.
The way he asked me to dinner. To catch up.
I stared into his eyes, knowing exactly what he meant. What he wanted.
I wanted that too. So damn much. But I had moved on.
“I’d like to catch up sometime, Dylan,” I said. And though the words were hard to say, I made myself say them. “I’ve missed our friendship. But my boyfriend’s coming over tonight, and I don’t want to change our plans this late in the day. Maybe we can have you over for dinner sometime soon?”
His soft brown eyes hardened when I saidfriendshipandboyfriend. He seemed to lean back, further away from me, and dropped his hand with a slight nod.
“Boyfriend,” he said, not making it sound like a question.
If he was trying to hide his disappointment, he was doing a bad job of it.
"Austin and I have been together for a few months. He's a great guy." I said.
He nodded again, his jaw twitching. But after a moment, the corner of his lips turned up slightly.
“A few months isn’t very long.”
“No. I guess not,” I admitted.
Was he going to try to convince me to have dinner with him anyway?
“How’s Todd doing?” I asked, both to bring him to Dylan’s mind, and because I really wanted to know.
“He’s actually doing great. You’d be proud of him,” he said with real pride in his voice. “Lana, I’ve thought about—”
“Excuse me.” Chelsea, my boss, popped her head in the room. “Lana, we need you for a meeting with the Neighborhood Pharmacy people.”
I could have kissed her for interrupting us when she did, because I didn’t know how to handle the conversation I thought Dylan wanted us to have.
“Of course. Excuse me, Dylan. Really great seeing you again,” I said quickly. “I’ll call with ideas soon.”
I got out of there before he could say anything else. Naturally, I kept thinking about him for the rest of the day, even after I arrived home.
I sighed and flopped back onto my bed. Seeing Dylan today had stirred up so many old feelings and memories.
The morning after our night together, Dylan had kissed me with a passion I’d never felt from anyone else.
He’d said, “I know you’re heading for a new life. But you remember what I said, Lana. You call me anytime you need something. I’ll always show up for you.”
Then he’d kissed my forehead and left.
Living in a new city was tough at first. I missed Grandpa and my friends like crazy. And most of all, I missed Dylan.
I thought about him a lot those first few months. I wondered if he ever thought about me too. I wanted to call him so badly.
I’d dialed his number countless times since then but never let it ring through. He was Todd’s brother. I should never have slept with him, even though I couldn’t really bring myself to regret it.
Todd was still calling and sending me texts. Leaving everything in the past felt like the right thing to do.
In New York, I had the opportunity to do that by simply not calling Dylan, no matter how much I wanted to.
