Taeyeon All About You Novels & Stories

Palm fronds clattered softly in the night breeze. Layla Reyes had come alone. Thirty-four, recently single after a long, quiet unraveling of a relationship that had stopped feeling like home years before she left it. She was tall, sun-kissed, with shoulder-length black hair that curled at the ends from the salt air, dark eyes that caught light, and a body that moved with the easy confidence of someone who had learned to take up space without apology. She wore a simple black bikini during the day and, tonight, a thin white linen dress that tied at the neck and fell loose to mid-thigh—nothing underneath, because the heat made anything more feel like punishment.

I added, as I realized I must have looked pretty stupid just standing there not saying anything but 'Oh'. "Yeah, you too," Abi said, smiling. She seemed really sincere. I didn't understand her, wasn't she threatened by me at all? Or had Andrè not told her that he had told me when we were going out that he loved me? I bet he hadn't told her. I mean, who would tell their girlfriend that they had told their now ex-girlfriend that they loved them and actually had meant it? "Well, I have to go meet Tori at her locker," I said, "Maybe I'll see you around?"

"Well I got her from the pet shop, and they told me over there that they found her in a dumpster so. She's about one and a half month old" "Let's shop? You wanted a pet?" "It's for you smartass", I smile and she smiled back. "I love her so much thank youuuu. What do we name her?" We both sit on her bed. "Well she does have piercing green eyes," I point out. "How about Jade?" , I shrug not thinking she would take me seriously. "Hmmm Jade, I think that's a lovely name. Don't you Jade", she asks the kitten in a baby voice. Oh brotherrr what have I done

And everything about it felt absolutely right. End of Part One: Runaway Billionaire