We'll Always Have Summer (Summer, #3)

by Jenny Han

I liked this game we were playing. It was like pretend, but real.

Steven nudged him and lowered his voice. “You got a girl out there?” “No,” Conrad said. “No girl.”

BECAUSE HES WAITING FOR 🫵🏻 HES 🫵🏻 HES WAITING 🫵🏻 HE 🫵🏻

He was marrying my girl, and I couldn’t do anything about it. I just had to watch it happen, because he was my brother, because I promised. Take care of him, Connie. I’m counting on you.

I did put some leftovers on a plate for him, though, and I left it on the counter when I went up to bed. The next morning, it was gone and the dish was washed.

Abruptly, I asked, “Are you going to stay in California after you graduate?” “It depends on med school,” he said. “Are you… do you have a girlfriend?” I saw him start. I saw him hesitate. “No,” he said.

HE 🫵🏻 HES WAITING 🫵🏻

Conrad reached out and wiped my chin with his shirt. It was maybe the most intimate thing anyone had ever done to me.

😭😭😭😭😭🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻

He said, You look nice, and I said thanks. Totally normal.

I was sitting next to Jeremiah, and he had his arm around my chair. And yet.

I was painfully aware of him.

Be the good guy she says you are. Let her go.” Be the good guy she says you are.

I thought I could do it, fight for her till the end, not think about anyone else. Just grab her hand and run. But if I did that, wouldn’t I be proving Belly wrong? I wasn’t a good guy. I would be a selfish bastard just like Taylor said. But I would have Belly next to me.

“I need you to know that no matter what happens, it was worth it to me. Being with you, loving you. It was all worth it.”

🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻😭😭😭😭😭😭🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻😭😭😭😭😭😭

Also—in case I haven’t made it clear… I think about you a lot. You’re pretty much all I think about. Just so we’re clear.