Page 43 of Can't Get Over You
“And you don’t get lonely?”
He shrugged. “Not really. Hard to do that when my phone’s always blowing up with texts from my idiot brothers. Plus, I work in a bar, so I’m surrounded by people all the time. I like coming home to quiet.”
“Yeah, but there’s an intimacy with a lover you can’t get from friends and family.”
He let out a huff of breath. “I get plenty ofintimacy.”
Of course he did. “But is that satisfying for you?”
“Well, I can’t think of a time when I wasn’tsatisfied.”
“Okay, but the women are mostly strangers, right?” she asked.
“Yeah.”
“So you don’t really know them.”
“I know as much as I need to.”
“That’s what I’m saying. We’re total opposites. You have so many people in your life that you don’t need an emotional attachment, and I have so few that I crave it. Like I can’t have sex without it.”
“And now you know why I kept my hands off you in high school.”
“Oh, please. Let’s be real. You didn’t like me like that.”
Something about his expression was off as he studied the blanket. It was hard to read him, but she only had this one night to get the truth. And she needed it. She needed to know.
The quiet, the darkness of this room… now was her only shot. “I don’t know if I wasn’t cool enough or hot enough, but I mean, you slept with everyone except me. I figured I was too… plain Jane or something.”
His gaze swung up and looked her right in the eyes. “What the hell did you think I was doing in Wild Wolff Village all the time?”
“I don’t know. You worked there?” She hadn’t really questioned it.
“No, I didn’t.” He shook his head. “Drop it. Anyway, go on with what you were saying about the douchebag.”
“No, Jude. This matters to me. Why were you in the village all the time?”
“I was trying to run into you.” His tone sounded assertive, almost like an accusation. “That day with the raccoon? That was no coincidence.”
“Did you know where I lived?”
His gaze dropped to his phone. “I knew your parents lived in employee housing.”
“Wait. Are you saying you came by to see me…with yourgirlfriend?”
“No—” He must’ve remembered who he was with that day because his eyes lit up. “Leia was never my girlfriend. And I never slept with her. I was already in the village to get my Fee fix when I ran into her, and she asked to hang out.”
“YourFeefix?”Is that what he called it?That meant he’d had a thing for her.
Me.
Emotion erupted hot and fiery, like a solar flare.
Helikedme.
“Yeah.” He broke into a soft smile, like he was happy the truth was finally out. “I spent a lot of time thinking about you, and sometimes, when I couldn’t take it anymore, I’d prowl the village, hoping to run into you.”
“Are you serious right now?”
