Page 75 of My Fake Fiancé

"The way that you two look at each other, the way you act with each other. You can just tell."

I want to ask her more questions. I want to know if it's true. If this could be real. But Kurt and Dave make their way over to us and Kurt looks at me.

"You ready to go?" I nod and look back at Nicole.

"Thank you so much for having us over for dinner. It was great. You have a lovely home and adorable children." I quickly clamp my mouth shut to keep from gushing further. Dave and Nicole laugh and the boy stirs in her arms but doesn't wake.

"We are so grateful you both were able to join us. And please feel free to take the kids off our hands anytime." Nicole teases and I smile.

Kurt laughs then unlocks the car and holds the door open for me. There are hugs all around before I slide into the seat and wait for Kurt to say goodbye before getting into the car. Nicole says something to him when she gives him a hug and I see him smile. I look away to give them privacy.

We both wave as we pull out of the driveway and head down the street to get back to the main road.

"You look really nice tonight," Kurt's voice draws my attention and I look over at him. He's focused on the road. "I wasn't sure if I had mentioned that earlier."

"Thank you, you clean up nicely as well." I sit back in my seat relaxing on the drive home. "I'm not sure if this would be too weird but Tatyana and Mike are having their engagement party in three weeks, Saturday. They would love it if you would come. I know Mike thinks highly of you. As does Tatyana."

"I would love to come," Kurt interrupts my rambling and I smile grateful for his response.

We drive in a comfortable silence for a while before Kurt clears his throat and says something that takes me by surprise.

"The apartment has been kind of empty without you. Lonely. Well, I guess the apartment can't be lonely but it feels lonely."

"For a lawyer, you're not too great with words," I interrupt to tease him. "I miss you."

My admission causes him to start. Kurt looks over at me and then back at the road.

"I'm sorry," I say when Kurt doesn't respond.

"No! No," Kurt protests, stopping me from apologizing further. "It just shocked me. Juliana, I miss you. My apartment felt like a home with you there. Now it just feels empty."

"Hmm, ‘lonely’," I tease him, copying his words from earlier.

"Yes, lonely." Kurt chuckles and pulls into the parking lot of my building. He puts the car in park and turns the engine off but neither of us moves an inch. Kurt turns to face me.

Before he can say anything, a loud rap on the window startles us. I look out and see an angry face staring back at me. Callum.

"What the -," Kurt starts to say, while Callum gestures for us to leave the vehicle, saying something muffled that we can't hear. I quickly exit the vehicle, walking around to the driver's side where Callum still stands and Kurt is exiting his car.

"Callum, what are you doing here?"

"You canceled on me last minute earlier this week. I wanted to come by to leave something for you. I didn't know you were still going out with this guy." Callum gestures to Kurt who is now standing beside his car, staying silent but watching carefully. I appreciate that he hasn't stepped in. I can handle this on my own. I think.

I pull Callum aside to distance us from Kurt. When we get a safe distance away, I put my hands on my hips and look up at the angry man staring down at me.

"Callum, I don't have to explain myself to you. In fact, why don't you explain something to me? The other day when we were out on a date, someone took a picture of us and sent it to Kurt with a very presumptuous message. Do you have any comments on that?"

As soon as I mention the picture and the text, Callum's angry red face shifts and he has the decency to look embarrassed. Even if it's only a little bit.

"What are you talking about?" Callum tries to act innocent but his initial reaction shows me the truth.

"Callum, don't. If that was some stupid, petty way of trying to piss off Kurt or hurt me, it didn't work. Kurt is a grown man, he is mature and this immature crap you're pulling doesn't work on him." Callum looks a little taken back and I'm a bit shocked at my harsh words as well. Callum opens his mouth to speak but I cut him off. "No, I'm not finished. The reason I agreed to reschedule our date was because I needed to talk to you."

Callum crosses his arms and stands tall, looking down at me. I sneak a glance of Kurt over Callum's shoulder and see that Kurt is still by his car waiting patiently, watching.

"What do we need to talk about?" Callum grumbles.

"We broke up for a reason, Callum. Well, a lot of reasons actually but that's beside the point. We broke up. And I do wish you a happy life and happy relationship, it's just not with me. And please don't be angry at Kurt," I speak before he can say anything even though I see him getting angry. "He's not the reason. I've grown up, Callum. And we've grown apart. We want different things and I just don't see any chance of us ever being together again."

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