Chapter 22. What Are We Doing?

LENA

I know I said that the best thing I could do was to ignore him, but what a big mistake. The battle between my mind and my heart was driving me crazy. I wondered which side would be the winner. I felt like this fight would never end. I felt Dean would be eternally embedded in my heart.

Contradicting my own thoughts, I walked back to the door of my apartment and opened it for Dean. He was still there, standing, waiting for me. His eyes lit up when he saw me, and a smile appeared, on his face. I felt like a fool, but I smiled back. I knew this wasn't right because if Jake came and saw us together, he'd be disappointed in me.

"You've always been bipolar. But I didn't think it was this extreme," Dean joked. I laughed and widened my smile. He observed me with a gleam in his eyes.

My heart raced. His presence always made me nervous. Since our separation, I felt that everything between us had intensified. Well, I felt that my love f