I’d remain irrationally positive and upbeat and happy, but I wouldn’t let my guard down. Definitely not around this man. Even if he was ridiculously good-looking. I sighed, remembering how many fantasies I’d had about my best friend back when we were teenagers. Even when he’d started dating the ice queen from hell, Hayes was the only boy I’d ever fantasized about back then. He’d managed to break my heart and crush me—yet we’d never even had a romantic relationship.
