Chapter 0431

“Maybe we should try a different game,” Julian said. “Something easier.”

“Like what?” I asked.

“Go fish,” he said, and we both laughed. A game for children might have been more fitting, honestly. At least then, I might have stood a chance. I had no proof but I had a feeling, just knowing Julian, that he had been counting cards at poker.

As he started to deal for our competitive game of go fish, I said to him, “See

this is how it should be.”

He side–eyed me. “How do you mean?”

“Easy. Being with the person meant for you should be easy, just like this. Fun and silly. Full of more laughter than heartache.”

he set down the deck. I checked my cards.

was going to lose at go fish too

play cards?” I asked.

downward, just a hair. “I’m not sure.” He placed down two matching cards. He was already ahead of

unfair that he had no idea if the person he thought was his true love

this was another point I wanted to prove. The right person for him

see, but the longer we spent together, the more I wasn’t sure if any of my lessons were being learned. He seemed

his feelings for Bridget, like he’d harbored them so long, he had no idea how else

out into the garden. His gaze cast over the flowers and the fields before he spotted me and Julian at our small two

lesson in how a girlfriend should act included being more touchy feely. I had been making efforts to touch his arm or his hand, to lean into him. Even now, my leg pressed

pile, then dropped three three’s. “He

him look,” I said, huffier than I

us?” Julian

to be such good friends. Maybe it was because, unlike me and my feelings for

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