Page 237 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 2
“Tomorrow? When did that happen?”
“They planned the whole thing in two weeks.”
“Oh, so she’s pregnant?”
I laughed. “Everyone has been saying that. But no…they’re just in love.”
“Well, good for him. I never thought he’d settle down. How is my niece or nephew?”
I looked down at my stomach. “He doesn’t like techno music.” I hope.
Melissa laughed.
“Wait. Melissa, isn’t it like…almost 5 am there?” She was on an extended work trip in London.
“Yes it is.”
“What are you doing up?”
“That’s what I wanted to tell you! You won’t even believe who I ran into at my dinner meeting tonight.”
I honestly had no idea. “Who?”
“Josh.”
“Josh? As in college Josh?”
“Yes. What are the odds that we’d run into each other in London of all places?”
“So slim.”
“I know. It’s fate, right? We spent the whole night just talking and walking around the city. It was amazing. And he just dropped me off at my hotel.” She sighed and I could picture her falling backward onto her bed. “I think I’m still in love with him.”
I opened my mouth and then closed it again. “Really?”
“It felt like the very first night I hung out with him all over again. We caught up and just talked the night away. I still remember that first night I hung out with him perfectly. I had this feeling in my bones that it would be my best year ever. And in so many ways it was. Until everything crumbled at the end of spring semester.”
Melissa had not taken that breakup well. It was probably one of the reasons why she’d ended up in Rob’s bed. “So the spark is still there?”
“Girl, it’s not a spark. It’s freaking fireworks!”
I leaned against the wall of the club. “I’m so happy for you.”
“But he goes back to Texas tomorrow night. We’re supposed to hang out all day tomorrow and I…I don’t know how I’m going to walk away again.”
“Who says you have to walk away?”
“Because I still have work here. And as soon as it’s done I’m flying back to NYC.”
“I thought your job had offices in Texas?”
“Stop it,” Melissa said. “I can’t drop everything and move to Texas just because I felt a dumb spark.”
“Nope. Fireworks. Don’t change your words on me.”
She groaned. And then she was quiet for a long moment. “I really never stopped, you know? I was so focused on school and then finding a job and I just…never really processed it. I never stopped to think about how much I freaking missed him.”
“I know.” I’d felt so awful knowing they’d broken up, knowing that I wasn’t in town to be there for her. She’d had little flings with Rob, Matt, and Tyler. But they were just that. Flings. Because she’d never gotten over Josh. And all those guys hadn’t been looking for something serious either. “This could be your second chance to do it right.”
