TWENTYH
er mind and heart were on overdrive.
Some sarcastic or witty one-liner would’ve come out of her mouth as per usual, but Audrey struggled to come up with anything after hearing what Pio had to say. She was having a difficult time wrapping her head around the fact that Pio wanted to keep playing this part even after the curtains have fallen on their little farce.
Why?
She had signed him up for something that was supposed to be easy and fun and finite. Why would he want to change the rules all of a sudden? When he could get any girl he wanted, why did he want to continue seeing someone who carried along a decade’s worth of baggage?
Closing her eyes, she steadied her breathing and grappled with a million different thoughts. So Pio had admitted to liking her, true. They’ve kissed a
