Chapter 46 Syata
At the curb of LAX, he takes my face in his hands, and we kiss again like it’s our last day on earth. “I’ll see you soon, Renee. It won’t be more than two weeks.”
I nod, dread collecting in my gut before he’s even stepped away because even two weeks is an extremely long time at the start of a relationship.
I stand outside his car, waiting for him to drive away. He rolls down the window. “Are you going inside?”
“Are you going to leave?” I ask.
He laughs.
“Yes, I’m going to go inside. You can leave.”
“I’ll leave when you go inside. I want a last shot of you walking away in my mental library.”
I roll my eyes and swallow. “Why does this feel so hard already?”
He grins. “Because it is.”
“That doesn’t make any logical sense.”
“When does this shit ever make logical sense?”
“Shit like a childhood friends-to-lovers situation makes sense. We just met.”
He snorts. “We met over a month ago, Renee.”
“Semantics.” I tip my emotional expression toward the sky. “Okay.”
“Okay.”
“Drive safe,” I tell him.
“Fly safe.”
“This is so dumb,” I blurt. “Okay, I’m leaving.”
“Okay.”
I pivot toward the sliding doors of the United terminal.
I only make it a few steps before he catches my arm. I know it’s Reed before I turn around. He must have jumped out of the car. He gives a sharp tug, and his mouth is on mine again. Tingly wisps of stardust billow in tiny spirals outward from my heart.
Then he casually lets go. Turns around without catching my eyes and throws up a hand as he walks back to his open car. “See you at the airport, Renee.”