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“And you wouldn’t have it any other way.”
“Do you think he’s right? Do I put you before him?”
“Livvy, I just kicked a woman out of my bed because you unexpectedly showed up in my bedroom at three in the morning. I think it’s safe to say you’re asking the wrong person.”
“I thought you said she knew where you stood?”
“She does, but it doesn’t make it any less true.”
“Are you saying you agree with him?”
“I’m not saying I don’t.”
She sighed deeply.
“Is that not what you want to hear?”
“I don’t know what I want to hear.”
“Then maybe we just need to dance.”
“Ethan…”
I stood, grabbing her phone to play one of her favorite songs. Putting her cell back on the table, I dragged her up from her seat and proceeded to wrap her in my arms. Effortlessly, we began slow dancing. Through the course of our friendship, if there was one thing that made Livvy smile, it was slow dancing with me.
She melted into my embrace, laying her head on my chest as I tucked her under my chin.
“This isn’t why I came here,” she lied.
“This is exactly why you came here,” I spoke the truth.
We stayed like that, dancing under the full moon and stars.
Both of us lost in our own thoughts.
In our own demons.
“How do you always make me feel better?”
I smiled, kissing the top of her head and letting my lips linger until she peered up at me through her long, dark lashes.
For the first time, she asked, “Am I still your girl?”
And I didn’t falter in reassuring her. “Always.”
Meaning it from the bottom of my heart.
ChapterSeventeen
Ethan
Twenty-Four Years Old
“You did it!I’m so freaking proud of you, Ethan! Your app is number one!” Livvy shouted over the crowds of people at our launch party.
My partners and investors decided they wanted to celebrate with hundreds of their closest friends. Some of them I’d met, most I hadn’t. I wasn’t much for bars or clubs, let alone parties on my behalf. For the past two years, I lived and breathed my social media app, where I was the president, owning 51 percent of the company. My goal was to eventually buy everyone out and be the sole owner. Until then, I was grateful for their help in getting it going.
I couldn’t believe that it only took twenty-four hours for the app to be number one on all platforms. I definitely wasn’t expecting that. I was just trying to keep my head above water.
