#Chapter 14 – Confusion
Abby

The bar is packed when I walk in. It takes me a moment to find Leah in the crowd, but I finally see her

standing at the end of the bar with one of the waiters. I make my way over, and she doesn’t notice me

until I’m standing right in front of them.

She squeezes his butt. “See you later,” she says with a wink.

He smirks and slips past us, looking over his shoulder at Leah. I watch him go with my eyebrows

raised.

“I’m going to have fun with him later,” Leah says, wrapping her fingers around my arm. I can’t help but

laugh a little. Leah’s definitely a character, always has been.

She leads me to a nearby table with a reserved sign on it. We climb into the booth, and the minute

we’re seated, she pulls me into an exaggerated hug.

“So,” she says, leaning away from. “What’s going on? You sounded pretty urgent on the phone.”

It takes me a minute to find the words. In the meantime, she flags down a different waiter and orders us

a couple of drinks. I didn’t really plan on drinking tonight, but it would be a lie to say I couldn’t use one.

Things have been crazy recently.

“I think mine and Adam’s wedding is going to be postponed.”

“Postponed?”

“I just don’t think I’m ready to set a date. There’s too much going on right now. I’m thinking maybe we

could have a long engagement.”

“Does he think so too?”

“I don’t know. We haven’t actually talked about it in a lot of detail.”

Leah’s eyebrows go up. “Are you really going to get married? It’s not like you’ve been seeing Adam

that long.”

I nod. The waiter appears with my glass of wine, and I take it gratefully. Leah watches me sip from the

with an expectant look on her face. Around us, people dance and jostle to

DJ controls the music with an intent look on his face.

here to chat a little, then dance,

tonight.

yes,” I say, as

her shot and grimaces. “Abby, why do I get the feeling that the

her in the

about Karl, and the last time we were together. The memory of

everywhere. His smooth muscles, and his tongue

flying up my spine as I came apart beneath

that Leah is still talking, and I

ask me. You went out to a restaurant with him, but

with you? When has he ever really spent time

met him.” I knock back the rest of my wine,

round.

“Yeah, once.”

thought you

nice. Handsome. That’s about all I picked up from

moment, and I squirm under her gaze. I

tell Leah everything, but sometimes she can be a little judgemental. Like

she says. “You’ve got to have an exciting sex life if it’s ever going to last. I

counselor if

I don’t need

“Whatever you say.

think about it, even though I really have no intention of doing so. How

Adam? As far as he’s concerned, our sex life is great. And

Karl, doesn’t mean it’s bad. It doesn’t need

saw Karl today,” I start, a little hesitant. Leah isn’t Karl’s biggest friend. In fact,

with his name almost

in front of her. I reach for

The liquor burns in my throat, but I welcome the feeling. Maybe it’ll

go down better.

does the second

he said, and her frown deepens the longer I talk. By the end, I can

pulled together, and her face is a little

just waltz into your life whenever he feels

an arrogant p

“Leah–” I start.

believe he had the nerve

feel the sudden urge to defend Karl, which just

exact same thing, but I can’t get him out of my mind. I’ve decided that

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