ARLENE
For a split second, I wished that Olivia had waited a second longer. Just a little bit, and things would’ve been different. If she had stayed back and given us five more minutes, I would’ve been locked in a world of immeasurable bliss—one that I didn’t think I would be craving in a long time.
I didn’t let myself accept the reality, but it was here now. I decided to stop counting the number of times Liam and I almost kissed.
It felt like torture to get that close and not be able to get around to it. Something always seemed to come in the way of that happening, and it was frustrating.
“I just kissed you,” I remembered him saying while we were at the restaurant, and I lowered my gaze as a blush crept onto my cheeks.
He explained what he meant afterward, but still, it was a silly t
