My Return to the Walter Boys (My Life with the Walter Boys, #2)

by Ali Novak

“This wasn’t how I planned for you to find out about us, but all is forgiven as long as you promise not to be mad at Kim? She’s worried you won’t want to be friends anymore.” Judging by the expression on Alex’s face, Kim wasn’t the only one who was worried.

I need you to be mad Jackie. Eveb if you got over Alex, Kim still broke girl code, Gives me the yuck

My ex, who I lived with, was dating my friend, neither of whom bothered to tell me about their newfound relationship. Not that they owed me an explanation, but some kind of warning would have been nice.

Vaild

“Er…they got together a couple of days after you left, so pretty much the entire time?” “Are you serious?”

“It’s a community-wide rummage sale to raise funds for a new park,” came a quiet reply, and when I turned to face the source, I found Kim watching me with cautious eyes. “Hey, Jackie. It’s good to—”

Ew, no

Alex raised a brow at me, then pushed out the empty chair at his side. “Plan on standing there all night, or are you going to join us?”

Boy if you don't

Cutting through the crowd as if he were on a mission was Cole, his attention already fixed on me.

“Hey, New York. Miss me?”

“No one calls me that.” “Yeah, but everybody else uses Jackie.” He stepped forward, his gaze dropping to my mother’s necklace. Without a word, he lifted the pendant with deft fingers and briefly inspected it before letting the flower settle back against my breastbone. When his eyes found mine again, he hit me with another smile. “I wanna be special.”