Chapter 18. Good Old Friends

KIRA

I love you, Kira Reed!

It was all I could think of from our talk this morning. Right after he confessed, Gabriel left. I didn’t know where.

He left me confused and agitated. Even the fact that the holidays were coming up in the family didn’t warm me.

I knew I couldn’t go back to being the woman he left behind in London. But I also knew it wasn’t my choice to make. It wasn’t. And I needed him to know that.

I flinched when my cell phone rang. It was Alana. God, how much I missed her!

“Kira, girl, how are you? You haven’t called me since you left here. Are you okay? Rumor has it that the boss came for you? I hope it’s just a rumor... or is it?”

I had no choice but to hold an awkward moment of silence that confirmed everything to Alana. “Oh my God! It’s really true!” she exclaimed in shock.

“Yes, he came,” I said, exhaling.

Another awkward moment of silence.

“What the hell is he doing there? Has he come to beg you to come