Page 129 of The Fallacy of True Love
“It’s not mine exactly. When Tala and Jason move to wherever they choose to live, things will go back to normal.”
“Is that what you want?”
“Not for them to leave. But for all of us to have regular, private lives, yeah. Tala would say the same.”
I couldn’t imagine Alonzo having a regular life. He was destined for great things.
“Any chance you want to go with me, by the way?” he suddenly asked.
“Go where?”
“To the wedding.” He said that like it wasn’t the most impossible idea. Like there was any chance on earth that I could enter his family’s sphere and not be immediately tossed out.
I snorted, because that was the only answer I could give.
“I’m serious.”
“So am I. I don’t belong in your world, Alonzo.”
“Funny you should say that when you’re so deep in it I can’t even remember what my life was like without you.”
I shook my head again.
“By the way, I meant what I told Jo,” Alonzo said. “I’m going there soon.”
I should have told him not to—that we should cut our losses before the threads between us pulled tighter.
But I wanted him.
I wanted him here, where the tides had flung us together. There was no point denying it when he had already left his mark on me. It went against rhyme and reason, yet I was as sure of its presence as though it was visibly inked into my skin.
Still, deep-seated wounds held me back.
“Don’t make promises you can’t keep. Enough people have let me down,” I warned him.
“Good thing I’m not planning to,” he said. “If you don’t want to hear the promises, I won’t say them. I’ll show you I mean them instead.”
And even though my past had taught me otherwise, I found myself wanting to take that leap of faith for this guy from Manila.
Chapter Forty-Five
Alonzo
Alonzo
So do you miss me now?
Maya
i miss the mais con yelo
Alonzo
Told you it was good. What about the guy who got it for you?
Maya
not rly
