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“The heart wants what the heart wants.” And that was precisely why he needed to stay away from Mia. His heart and body wanted her, but his mind knew better. If he gave into the chemistry again, he’d probably end up at the same dead end he had with Tiffany.
“I’m just saying, all your friends like Mia. She’s nothing like Tiffany. You should open up and give her a chance,” Remy argued.
“Can we stop bringing up my ex?”
“Fine.”
“I gotta go anyways. Got some stuff to catch up on,” Andre said.
“You should bring a piece of cake to Mia,” Remy said.
Yeah, right.
***
Later that afternoon, Andre shut the mower off, the smell of fresh-cut grass mixing with the gasoline from the machine. He parked it in his shed before walking back to his house, glancing over to Mia’s before he entered. That kiss they’d shared was seared on his brain, and no amount of running or lawn mowing could shake it.
He ran up the stairs for a shower. Heading out to his balcony, he took a few moments as the warm breeze filtered past him. His eyes wandered to Mia’s backyard. She too was outside on her back porch, white curtains billowing from the wind behind her. Her tan body shimmered in the sunlight. Her hair was slicked back from what he assumed was a swim. A light purple towel wrapped around her, showing off her beautiful toned legs. Andre stood unmoving, enraptured by the sight before him. She sat right at the edge of the back porch. Mia held a picture frame in her hands as her shoulders began to quake and she wiped her eyes. She was crying. His lust quickly turned into a mix of curiosity and guilt. Was it his fault? Was she lonely because of his stupidity?
As much as he wanted to comfort her—craved it, really—he couldn’t do that because there were only two possible outcomes with Mia: fighting or fucking—with her, probably both. Andre couldn’t afford to get close to Mia. He needed to protect himself. He walked inside and got in the shower, ignoring the pull towards the last woman in the world he should want.
