Page 40 of Art of Love
I appreciated hearing that. What happened did make me question my friendship with everyone in general. I figured if Collin could do what he did to me and we’d been friends since college, anyone could hurt me.
“Thank you. It means a lot. I’m not over seeing them together, but I do feel better knowing that I don’t have to be suspicious anymore. To be honest, I was starting to think that I would have to break up with Emma at some point anyway.”
“What did you actually see in her? Okay, she was beautiful with a great body, but damn, you two didn’t even have chemistry. Wave a dollar in front of her, and she was all yours.”
“I’ve never actually given much thought as to why I was with her. We just clicked, then we stopped.” And I’d liked sleeping with her too much. Great sex was never enough to keep people together. Well, not for me. I hadn’t known that though.
Maybe being older and wiser helped me see a little clearer.
Chemistry was the glue that kept people together. With chemistry, it wouldn’t matter if all there was, was a look or a kiss; it would be effective. Sometimes more effective than sex itself.
Thinking that conjured up the image of Jia in my head. Kissing her gorgeous lips and feeling her in my arms.
It was weird thinking of her like that when it wasn’t real. There was chemistry though. I might not have had a solid long-term relationship where I could claim to know what love is, but I knew chemistry. I felt it with her.
“You’ll do better next time.” Devon chuckled. “Hey, you know what we should do tomorrow night?”
Tomorrow was Friday. We hadn’t gone out in a while. “What should we do, Devon?”
“Get wasted and pick up some hot women. Fuck, we could even go to Vegas. Just for the weekend. People say the best way to get over one woman is with another woman who’s a hundred times better than the one you’re trying to get over.” He nodded like that was the best idea ever.
“That sounds wild, but I have to pass.” I sort of had done that already, except for the going to Vegas and getting over Emma part.
Like I said to Jia today, to get over someone, you would have to be hurt from the heartbreak of loving them. I didn’t love Emma, and it was Collin who’d hurt me.
When I saw Jia, I saw her and wanted her.
I’d wanted her when I didn’t know her, and now that I knew her, I wanted her and knew I shouldn’t.
Today had been good, but there would come a time in this little competition when things would get awkward.
Then what?
Chapter 11
Jia
