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Yep, Luke didn’t want me ruining his reputation, and so he discarded me like a grown puppy after Christmas.
He looks the same as he did the time he broke my heart. Well, it’s only been a few weeks since I last saw him, so it’s not like he would drastically change or anything. It certainly feels super weird seeing him from far away, and not up close like I’m used to.Kissing him.
Seeing Luke from across the coffee shop makes me reconsider him again. I see him completely anew. He’s broad-shouldered: a big, muscular physique befitting a former high school quarterback. That trademark short, spiky blonde hair of his seems to sparkle with charisma. He’s got that all-American hero aura around him.
No wonder everyone takes a shine to him.
Luke Abbott looks like he’s in the prime of his life. No one can touch him. He commands everyone’s attention when he enters a room. I wonder what goes through the heads of people in town when they see him...
There’s the handsome, popular guy everyone knows. Whatever happened to that blonde bimbo girlfriend of his?
I had thought I had put all my emotions about the breakup past me - that I had set aside the time to let myself fully heal - but seeing the former star high school quarterback in the flesh again immediately makes me want to tear up and revert back to a teary mess.
Great.Just freaking great.
I truly am a walking bimbo cheerleader cliche.
All the memories of our relationship come flooding back like crashing waves of pain as I lay eyes on him again.
That first kiss we shared right in the middle of the field the moment after he threw that game-winning ball. How he lifted me high and easily in the air, allowing me to wrap my legs around his muscular and sweaty torso, to kiss him passionately in front of an adoring crowd of our friends and spectators...
That was the greatest moment of my life; when itseemed like all of Crystal River was there to witness our love. He was a hero of the town that day, and I was his girl. I was so proud of my man. I really, really washisgirl, and I wanted to be nothing else.
I thought that shining moment would last forever.
I remember how he would drive me around in his car for no reason except as an excuse to spend time together in this small town. We’d go around the empty dark streets at night completely aimlessly, but it was those moments alone with him that I truly lived for.
I really thought I was going to be his girl forever. His future wife. The mother of his children.
It was all mapped out, in my mind and also in the minds of our family and friends. It was the surest thing there could be.
It wasalwaysAva and Luke. We came packaged as a combo deal.
And then it all came crashing down over someone as stupid as my dad’s debts.
In the coffee shop, both Luke and his own dad head straight to Josie at the counter, not spotting me sitting by the window. That’s a minor relief.
I mean, should I talk to him?
That sounds baffling, but it could be a way to get some of my dignity and self-respect back. Confront the boy who broke my heart in the middle of a public setting. It would send tongue waggling, that’s for sure.
Ugh. I don’t know what to do.
He’s the one who ended things. He’s the one who wanted me out of his life.
I watch the two men get their coffees from the safety of my seat on the other side of the coffee shop. I feel like some kind of stalker, staring at my ex-boyfriend as he chats to his dad completely oblivious to my presence by the window.
They see a friend, some guy the same age as Luke’s dad. They all shake hands. Smile. Chat about nothing and exchange pleasantries. Everything’s allhunky-dory.
And then Luke and his dad leave.
And I breathe a sigh of relief.
He didn’t see me. I don’t have to confront Luke. I don’t even have to talk to him. He doesn’t even have to know I’m here.
But then, as he opens the front door – about to step out - he turns toward me across the coffee shop, and we instantly lock eyes.
And he mostdefinitelysees me.
