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A light sound of rain starts to hit the roof of my car, cocooning us inside. She’s so warm against me, and I want more of that. I need it. Her warmth. Her kindness. Just her.
My heartbeat is echoing in my ears as her lips move underneath mine. My hand smooths over her cheek, cradling her in the palm of my hand.
I swear I can feel my love for her growing at this moment. It happened so fast, changing from interest and infatuation to something more, something real. She’s burrowed inside of my heart now and I don’t ever want to try to get away from her.
A siren goes by nearby, and Pia pulls away. Her lips are red and swollen from mine. I want to pull her back. I want to get lost in her again, but I know she needs to head inside at some point, and I’ll never want to let her go.
“I’ll see you tomorrow,” I tell her softly, and she nods.
“See you.”
She grabs the food and her purse and hurries through the light drizzle and inside the building.
“I love you,” I whisper as she disappears.
I pull away from the curb a moment later and make the drive back to my empty apartment. As I go, I can’t help but wonder when I’ll be able to say those three words to her face.
Not anytime soon, I guess. Not unless I want to freak her out and scare her off.
And I definitely don’t want that.
NINE
Pia
I’m so screwed.
I love Levi. I think t I have from the first moment that I saw him, and I was just lying to myself all this time. Now, I can’t deny it anymore and I don’t know what to do.
I can’t keep seeing him or working for him when he thinks I’m someone else. I mean, this relationship is doomed since we started on a lie. How will he ever be able to trust me again?
The guilt is starting to eat me alive, and I think Levi is picking up on it. I’ve been pulling away from him little by little, and I can see him getting worried about what could be wrong. He’s already questioned me to see if something happened at work to upset me, but that’s not it.
I sigh, sitting down on the couch and scrubbing my hands down my face.
“What’s wrong, Pia Pie?” Lila asks as she shuffles into the living room and sits down next to me.
“It’s Levi.”
“What about him?” She asks. “Oh, shit. Did he find out that you’re not Nichole?”
“No, I don’t think he even suspects anything about that.”
“Then what is it?” She asks me.
“I’m in love with him,” I admit to her.
“Well, duh!” She says with a laugh that quickly turns into a cough.
I hurry to get her a glass of water, and she smiles weakly at me as I hand it to her.
“Thanks.”
“Of course,” I tell her. “How are you feeling?”
“I’m fine. Don’t change the subject, though. What’s going on with you and Levi?”
“I can’t keep seeing him or working for him. Not when I feel like this about him. I can’t keep lying to him.”
