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herself to be completely content with Rob mere weeks ago, and now she wondered how
she could have ever imagined a future with him and without Nick. He didn t make her
burn with wanting like Nick did. He didn t hold her like Nick did. He didn t make
desperate passionate love to her the way Nick did. He wasn t Nick. And the fact was she
would not be happy without Nick.
But Nick had moved on, proving that his feelings for her had been shallow at best.
She felt helpless and lost. Yes, she had gotten everything she d bargained for, but not the
one thing she yearned to have.
Nick s callous actions both saddened and angered her but after an hour of crying
shamelessly in her bathtub she was now pissed. Pissed at Rob for talking her into this
pointless dinner, pissed at Nick for treating her like shit, and pissed at herself for
allowing herself to get into this mess.
Laney, baby, are you listening to me? I said I want to make things up to you.
Nina isn t apart of my life anymore. There s only you.
She sighed. Rob, the only reason I agreed to have dinner with you is to make
you understand I don t want you in my life. No more flowers, no more phone calls. You
and Nina can do whatever you want, I don t care anymore.
He leaned forward, pinning her with serious brown eyes. What happened to
you? This isn t the same woman who slapped me a few weeks ago. You can t tell me
you don t care, Laney. I don t believe you unless & .
Rob, I don t have time for your games, I need to go.
Are you involved with someone?
You know, for a minute there I almost thought you had a right to ask me about
my personal business.
Are you sleeping with him? Is it Danny?
Danny s gay, Rob. You know that.
He s still a man.
I m leaving. Good night, Rob.
Rob stopped her by towering over her with his large frame. Answer me, Laney.
Are you seeing someone else?
She nibbled on her lip for a second before meeting his gaze. No, I m not, Rob.
He must have seen the honesty in her face because he dropped the issue. I love
you, baby. Think about us. He leaned close to her. I miss you, Laney, come back.
There was a pang in her heart. She had to face it. She was in love and she had
never felt lonelier in her life. Rob pulled her into his arms and she marveled at how well
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she fit into his side. Rob. The man she had loved faithfully for three years. This was the
man she had planned her future with. But he wasn t perfect. He d made some wrong
decisions and they had both paid dearly for it.
Time was a funny thing. In the span of ten days, she had fallen in love with her
boss only to have her heart handed back to her in pieces. And here she was with Rob
again--the man she d once hung the moon on. It had taken her three years to fall in love
with Rob, and one fateful afternoon to destroy it. But when she needed someone the
most, here he was. When she longed for another man, Rob was here pleading for her to
love him again. She looked up into those warm familiar brown eyes and broke down
crying.
* * * *
Laney pulled into her parking spot. Dinner with Rob had been a mistake, but as
she was making plenty of blunders lately she wasn t quite sure where that one ranked.
Rob had been persuasive at every turn, reminding her of their good times and what the
future could be for them. In the end, she couldn t stop crying to the point that she
couldn t even speak. How shameful. Her eyes were puffy and red, her throat was itchy
and her head was pounding. The first thing she did when she was inside her home was
take a long bath, trying to soak away the hurt feelings. No matter how many times she
scrubbed her face the puffiness wouldn t go away.
Laney changed into a nightgown and clasped on the bracelet Nick had given her
on their anniversary night. She found herself wearing it every night to bed. In some
small way it made her feel closer to him.
She yawned. The emotional collision course she had experienced today had
drained her. She didn t even have the energy to recap the day s events for Danny, who
she expected to walk through her door at any minute.
Like clockwork, she heard her front door open and close as she was pulling back
her bedspread.
Hello? he called out. Where are you, Laney?
Back here.
Danny walked into her bedroom with much comfort.
Hi, sweetie, I brought over my favorite movies. I thought we deserved a movie
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