Rule No 1:No Strings Attached
“I’m going to go sit at the counter. Good luck, Sum.”
Something in me pulled toward him the way it always did, an old, worn groove I’d walked a thousand times before.
“Go,” Ali said quietly. “I’ll be right here.”
He saw me coming and his face shifted into that easy smile, and I felt it land somewhere under my sternum the way it always had, warm and stupid and entirely out of my control.
“Summer!” Brooks slid out of the booth, stepped forward and wrapped his massive arms around me, pulling me into a heavy hug. “Wow!! You look….good.”