He is kind and sweet, and I’m quite fond of him.If Miles wasn’t already in my heart, I would have easily fallen for Hugo. I can’t let my attachment to someone unobtainable stand in the way of my happiness now.“Is it difficult… being here with me, when your heart is somewhere else?” Hugo asks.I st
“This is an unusual place to find you, Selena,” Hugo says, deflecting attention away from me.I’m glad for this, as I’m still incredibly unnerved that Selena knows my name. I have been on the news a lot lately. Still, the way she said it, Hello, Esther, like we are old friends… It’s unnerving. She s
Hugo hums, not quite agreeing, but not disagreeing either.Maybe it hurts him to talk about Miles and I like this. I probably should stop. Whatever venting I need to do, I can do with someone who isn’t the man I’m actively trying to date.“I’m sorry,” I tell him. “We were having a good night, and th
At once, a variety of emotions wash over me. Hurt, yearning, a satisfaction that Miles still cares about me, guilt, trepidation.Among all these feelings, however, confusion reigns supreme.This is what Selena wanted to talk to me about.“I don’t understand,” I admit, because Selena seems to be wait
“But, Esther –”“Please. Figure yourselves out however you’d like, but leave me out of it.”“I don’t think you understand. I mustn’t be explaining myself properly.”“I follow along well enough,” I say. “Now, if you will excuse me, I have other things to attend to.”“Esther –”“Goodbye, Selena,” I sa
Monday in the office, I keep my head high as I sit at my cubicle. My second date with Hugo went well. Selena hasn’t called me back. I’ve gone back to purposefully avoiding any news of Selena and Miles.Life, as far as I am concerned, has moved into a new normal. Perhaps this version isn’t as excitin
The only reason I can think of why she would be so insistent revolves around our phone conversation. Is she trying to force the issue by bringing Miles and I together? Does she hope that putting us in the same room might rekindle something between us?So long as he remains engaged to her, that will
“What makes you say that?” I ask.“Do you have your laptop?” Cynthia replies. “I’m going to send you a video.”Five minutes later, I have my laptop set up on the kitchen counter, the video Cynthia sent me running on a loop on the screen. In the video, Miles and Selena are discussing their engagement