The cab ride home was quiet and the city lights blurred past in front of me as I stared out the window while being lost in my thoughts. My emotions were a tangled mess of frustration, sadness and something else I didn’t want to name.
Alex had really gotten too close. Oh, God, he had gotten too close to breaking the walls I had spent months building.
I exhaled sharply and pressed my hand to my round stomach while I silently reminded myself that I couldn’t afford to get attached to him…not now, not ever.
When the cab pulled up in front of my apartment complex, I paid the driver, stepped out and barely took two steps toward my door before I spotted Kelly.
She was sitting on my doorstep with her arms crossed and her legs stretched out in front of her like she had all the time in the world
