They’d healed each other, and they’d hurt each other. They couldn’t do anything different. Fate had determined what their impact on the other would be.
“He leans across the counter to hear what a pretty redhead is saying, then laughs and grabs an open white wine from an ice bucket, twirling it a little as he pours her another glass.
"See?" Ashleigh says, leaning in to be heard. "Hot drug dealer."
My gaze judders over to her, follows hers straight back to the far side of the bar. "Miles deals drugs ?" I cry.
His gaze snaps sideways at the sound of his name. He lifts his chin in greeting, a smile pulling at one side of his mouth.
"Wait, you know him?" Ashleigh asks.
He drops the bottle back into the ice bucket and crosses toward us.
"Order the pinot," I quickly tell Ashleigh.
"I'm really confused right now, Daphne. Have you been here or--"
Miles slides his forearms across the glossy wooden bar. "Well, well, well," he says, just loud enough to be heard over the room's ambient noise. "If it isn't for my adoring girlfriend.”
―
"See?" Ashleigh says, leaning in to be heard. "Hot drug dealer."
My gaze judders over to her, follows hers straight back to the far side of the bar. "Miles deals drugs ?" I cry.
His gaze snaps sideways at the sound of his name. He lifts his chin in greeting, a smile pulling at one side of his mouth.
"Wait, you know him?" Ashleigh asks.
He drops the bottle back into the ice bucket and crosses toward us.
"Order the pinot," I quickly tell Ashleigh.
"I'm really confused right now, Daphne. Have you been here or--"
Miles slides his forearms across the glossy wooden bar. "Well, well, well," he says, just loud enough to be heard over the room's ambient noise. "If it isn't for my adoring girlfriend.”
―
“He was willing to be good to me, but he wasn’t willing to be any better.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“You can't untell someone your secrets. You can't unsay those delicate truths once you learn you can't trust the person you handed them to.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“The same universe that dispassionately takes things away can bring you things you weren't imaginative enough to dream up.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“Waiting, for someone who rarely came, feeling worse every time, until finally, I realized that the feelings wouldn’t stop until the waiting did. You can’t force a person to show up, but you can learn a lesson when they don’t.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
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