22
MARI
I was a royal mess; there was no other way to describe it.
After Zac walked away from me at the co-op, I burst into tears and buried my face in my hands.
“Ah, come on, prima,” Felipe encouraged and patted my back. “It’s not as bad as that. The guy’s had a rough day. Just give him a minute to get all the nasty out of his system. He’ll be fine again soon enough and back to hanging from your every smile before you know it.”
I had a bad feeling he was wrong, though. Zac had been avoiding me ever since Javi had filled his head with all those awful comments. I couldn’t imagine him ever being able to look at me the same again.
Convinced I’d lost him for good, I burst into a renewed set of tears, and my cousin sighed. “You’re not going to believe a word I say until he texts, are you?
