EMILY
Nah, thank you, I thought to myself as I hung up, taking in a deep breath. He wasn't going to ruin my experience with Jake. The last thing I wanted was Nolan finding his way into my heart again— never again. He was old news and I was keen on keeping it that way. I blocked the number and now I wasn't going to pick any unknown number any time soon.
But why would he keep calling? Did he have a fetish for embarrassment? Good heaven— why wouldn't he just let me be? He was out there with the woman of his dreams, why not let me be, huh? Why did he try to kiss me that day? To what end? Where the hell do men get their audacity from?
“You're fine, Emily,” I whispered to myself, going to the master bedroom room and plopping on the bed. “You're fine and that's all that matters now.”
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