Looking across the table at Ford as he gave his little speech, she didn’t know what he was expecting. He just wanted to be friends and thought that was all there was to it.
She needed more than being stuck in the friend zone, but she knew what her mom meant about people needing things from him. She wanted something from him bigger than anyone else. His love. And that was something he just couldn’t give her right now. Her mom was right, she needed to show him she wasn’t going to want anything from him anymore. She was just going to be there for him as best she knew how, and that was the end of it.
“Ford, if that’s what you’re offering, that’s what I accept. I won’t ask you for more than you’re willing to give. I don’t want you to feel like I’m one more person wanting to use you. I want t
