#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

Around us, people dance and jostle to the beat.

look on his face. It’s possible we

to chat a little, then

tonight.

yes,” I say,

her shot and grimaces. “Abby, why do I

the side.

can’t help but think about Karl, and the last time we were together. The

His smooth muscles,

as I came

that Leah is still talking, and I force myself to

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

with you? When has he ever really spent time with your

met him.” I knock back the rest of my wine, and Leah gestures for

round.

“Yeah, once.”

thought you liked

about

for a moment, and I squirm under her gaze. I already regret confiding in her about

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.

counselor

I don’t need a

gives me a skeptical look. “Whatever

her I’ll think about it, even though I really have no intention of

Adam? As far as he’s concerned, our sex life

it was with Karl, doesn’t mean it’s bad. It

Leah isn’t

name almost every time she

put down in front of her. I reach for one of her shot

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

go down better.

the second shot. “What did that as shole

deepens the longer I talk. By the end, I can tell she’s angry.

pulled together, and her face is

he really thinks he can just waltz into your life whenever he

an arrogant

“Leah–” I start.

had the nerve to say that

which just makes me more confused. Just a few weeks

but I can’t get him out of my

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