“Adonis guy!”

Her cheeks flush, and she almost runs into a pet cage behind her.

“Hey, careful. What’s the problem?”

Her glare makes me pause, and I can't help but wonder where I've seen those eyes before. I try to keep my gaze steady on her, but I can feel myself fidgeting as I rub the back of my neck.

“Do I know you?”

“Ruthless!” She blurts.

In a millisecond, a flood of pictures from almost a month ago overwhelms my senses. Suddenly, it all clicks into place - she's the girl from Ruthless.

“You!” I blurt out.

“What are you doing here?”

“This is my parents’ shop.”

“Wait, what?”

Oh shit.This is about to become quite a day.

Chapter 5

Fiona

Theysaythattheuniverse works in mysterious ways, and as I stand in front of Jason Greene, the man who has turned my world upside down, I finally understand what those words mean.

Who would’ve thought that in a city as big as LA, I’d run into the one person I so terribly needed to talk to? The odds are crazy, and yet here we are.

Jason has a t-shirt on, with carton brown pants and white Converse sneakers, the same sneakers from that night, or maybe it’s a different one. The memories come flooding in, and I swallow. His brown hair has a sheen to it, and the sight of the waves makes me want to run my hands through his strands.

A stray thought nearly throws me off my feet.

I’m carrying Jason Greene’s baby.

Mom walks in. She's been beaming all day.

“I see you've met Jason. He's a new customer. "

Today just keeps getting more interesting. Out of all the pet shops in the city, he just so happens to have randomly found this one.

I look over at him. He's quite visibly speechless, and scratches his head, taking another step back. Mom pauses, looking from Jason to me.

“You guys know each other?”

“No,” I say.

“Yes,” Jason says at the same time.

I suppress the urge to facepalm my forehead. Did this dude come to ruin my life?

“Where did you guys meet?”

“Uhh…she came by my bar, Ruthless, with a friend of hers.”

“That's great.”