Chapter 0010

BAILEE

The look in Alex’s eyes when I had walked away from him was burned into my mind, and as I sat next to Brinley in the back of our Uber, I couldn’t stop picturing him.

After what he had done to me when we were younger, after he had taken my virginity and then tossed me aside, I shouldn’t have been affected by him. I should have been able to ignore him.

Yet, I was sucked in, just as I had been as a teenager.

I had heard once that no one ever fully gets over their first love, but I had refused to believe that. Now I was wondering if there was any validity to it.

The way he had been looking at me had caused all of the hurt of his betrayal to resurface, and I was struggling to stop thinking about him.

Brinley moaned as I pulled her from the car seat. Her cheeks were pink, and her clothes were damp with sweat.

“Come on, sweet girl. Let’s get you some medicine and into a cool bath, then bed.” I whispered, pressing my lips to her forehead as the Uber driver pulled away. “Wait! My car