Things We Left Behind (Knockemout #3)

by Lucy Score

It was strange, having a secret with the boy I’d once loved and now sharing it with the man I couldn’t stand.

“There are some things we never get over. Some things we hide from the light,”

“You love me, you idiot. You’ve loved me since we were kids. You loved me even when I broke your trust. You loved me after I fixed it. You still love me.”

I paused in the doorway and turned around one last time. “I loved you. You know? When we were kids, I loved you. And I think I could have again.”

“You are always my business. You always have been, and you always will be. The only difference is now you know it,” I said icily.

“Why? Jesus, Sloane. Why do you think? Because I love you. I’m in love with you. I’ve had the last twenty-some years to obsess over you from afar.”