Chapter 15

Denise’s POV

I made up my mind to ignore the messages Cory had sent me. But it was hard. Every time I had a free moment, they came to my mind. I could almost imagine him saying them.

Denise, you need to come back.

No please, just raw authority. I had liked that at some moment, but I wasn’t sure that was what I liked anymore. And I wasn’t sure that I had actually liked it.

Of course, I still had feelings for Cory. They were slowly disappearing, but they were still there. Fabian had helped a lot with that, but I found myself comparing both of them sometimes. Something I knew was completely wrong.

I sighed and laid my head on the cash register. Just when I was falling into a semblance of normalcy, this happened.

Why couldn’t Cory have texted me before I met Fabian or when I still despised him? Why now, when I had finally contemplated the possibility of opening up to Fabian?

And he had the audacity to tell me I was right. After what he had done,