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It may be time for me to fully be Lily Rodin, whether it’s in writing or falling in love.
I want to be myself, the girl I was before the heartbreak. The girl who put her heart on the line and dreamed big.
No more secrets.
“Oh, no, that’s not what I was talking about,” Molly says.
My eyebrows knit in confusion.
“I’m the one with news today.” Molly holds her hand out in front of my eyes. A stone large enough to use as a house foundation stares back at me.
I gasp. “You’re engaged!To who?” I eye the ten-carat diamond dangling from her finger. “Not to Lance?”
“Yesto Lance.” She yanks her hand away defensively. “Who else?”
My chest tightens. “That’s not how I meant it. I’m sorry. Molly, I thought you don’t even like him.”
“I like him—”
“Nine months ago, he lied to you and took you to a dude ranch instead of the Eiffel Tower for New Year’s.”
She sighs, leaning on my dresser. “It was an accident. Paris, Texas, and Paris, France, sound similar. He did me a favor. Ihatethe cold.”
“You’re allergic to hay.”?
“Nothing I couldn’t take care of.” Her shoulders slump. “Besides, he didn’t know that I would get a rash and have to go to the hospital.”?
“But—”
Molly shakes her head. “Enough, Lil. My parents like him,” she reminds me. “He’sdecentenough. I’ll make it work.”
I’m not exactly qualified to give advice on love. “Whatever you say.”
“Alright, Miss Judgmental. When are you finally going to tell your heartthrob Navarro brother about the book you’re writing?”
“Shut up.” I smile. I haven’t yet confirmed to either Avery or Molly that my new book is about Nico. I’ve promised myself to not keep any more secrets, but I want to share it with him first. If he’ll let me.
“Have you spoken to him yet?” Molly asks.
“No.”
I want to tell him to drop everything and fly to me right now, but Miriam recommended I wait a few more weeks to regulate my schedule before welcoming him back into my life—however he wants to be a part of it.
As much as I want to disregard her advice, she’s been right about a lot of things, and I need to give this whole healthyrelationship thing a chance.
What’s a couple of months whenhopefullywe’ll have a lifetime together?
I run my hand over the journal to the left of my laptop. The journal with all of Nico’s letters. Pages and pages of him falling in love with me while I pretended to be none the wiser. I’ve read the love confessions daily.
“I’m here for you in whatever capacity you need me.” Molly smiles.
“I’m hoping I’ll be ready to talk to him soon.”
There’s a droplet of doubt still swimming in me, a fear of the possibility that he could change his mind. It would be easy for him to jet away on another three-month trip, forgetting all about me. I wouldn’t even blame him.
“You will be. It’s okay for it to take a little bit of time. All good things are worth the wait.”
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