Chapter 41

Megan’s POV

The warm spring breeze caressed my cheeks as I strode down the bustling city sidewalks, but I barely registered its gentle touch.

My mind kept replaying the strained coffee shop encounter with Chris over and over, analyzing every nuance until it practically consumed me from within.

If I was being fully honest with myself, a large part of me had expected - perhaps even eagerly anticipated - him bringing up the incendiary topics we'd been so studiously avoiding.

The drunken night, the inappropriate Instagram post hinting at intimacies, the gathering tension constantly crackling between us lately...

How could he not finally broach those elephants in the room during our one-on-one time today?

The suspense of waiting for him to clear the air in his typical forthright manner had knotted my stomach into anxious ribbons from the moment I'd arrived at the cafe.

Yet Chris, ever the professional, hadn't so much as skirted t