Kayla's POV
"Don't get your hopes up, Trish. I'm not replying. The worst thing that will happen to me is for me to get involved in a relationship with another perfect man. It's something I don't want to happen, Trish. Look at how my last relationship with a perfect man ended. I don't want to go through that experience ever again."
Trisha nodded, and I could see that I had at least driven my point home. I had wanted to do it without sounding harsh, and I was glad it was coming out well, just the way I wanted it to be.
"Well, I suggest you tell him you're not ready for that then. Don't ghost him, Kayla, I beg of you. Just go straight to the point, let him know your mind."
By the time I had come out of the shower, I still hadn't replied to Tristian's text. I was already late for
