Epilogue
JP
I watched her drive away, my heart thumping the same refrain it had been pounding since I’d collapsed next to her the previous night, too high on bliss and too spent from the most intense sex of my life to silence the thing that had been brewing for way longer than I could admit:
I love her.
Fuck.
I love her.
Fuck.
I love her.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Fuck .
It was all I could do to smile, to blow her a kiss like nothing was wrong, to hold back the nausea of hoping this wasn’t the last time I’d see her that battled with the nausea of hoping to God she wouldn’t come back.
Because I swore I wouldn’t do this. To her, yeah, but much longer ago, to myself.
I couldn’t do this. I couldn’t go through this.
Not again.
The story continues with Book 3 of the If You Can series, which will be released fall 2024.