Page 100 of Love Unwritten

WILLOW

Wait! Don’t leave me on a cliffhanger!

When I don’t answer right away, Willow resorts to threatening me.

WILLOW

Tell me what happened next or else.

ME

Nothing happened. I snapped out of the moment first, and then he let go of me and left in a rush.

WILLOW

No speech about how he wants you but can’t have you?

ME

No.

WILLOW

Well, that was anticlimactic.

Tell me about it. With a groan, I type out another message.

ME

How am I supposed to look him in the eyes tomorrow?

WILLOW

He was the one who almost kissed you, so that’s his problem, not yours.

It feels like it’s both of our problems, because while we could deny our chemistry before, I’m not sure that is possible anymore.

At least not for me.

After last night’s hot tub incident, I think it’s best for me to spend Sunday by myself while Rafael and Nico go deep-sea fishing. I need time to recuperate and think of my next step, but unfortunately, Nico won’t let me get away with avoiding his father.

“But I want you to come.” He grabs my hand and tries to pull me out of bed. Despite his height, he barely manages to drag me a few inches.

“I want to sleep in.” I groan before throwing a pillow over my head.

“But you’re already awake!”

I’m having a hard time fighting that logic, so I roll over and play dead.

“What’s going on?” Rafael’s deep voice cuts through Nico’s pleas.

“Ellie refuses to get out of bed.”

“Why?”

“She says she wants to sleep in.”

“That makes two of us.”