Chapter Twenty
My face f*****g hurt from smiling. I was desperate to get her in the water so I could surf away from her for a minute and collect myself, but she wanted to talk. I almost f*****g lost it.
She was leaving. God, she was leaving. In less than two days she’d be gone. I was sure I’d see her again, but she was heading back to compete. She had to keep herself focused on her career.
Not on the chef she was sleeping with for a couple months.
I knew it was coming, but it was still a sucker punch when she said her dad was cleared and she could go.
I was happy for her. I wanted to be. She never promised me anything. She wanted what we had to be temporary. I changed things by dating her and falling for her. It was my fault I got attached. Even as I did it, I knew it would bite me in
