Pretend to Want Me
"I want you to publicly declare it was all a misunderstanding. I want my boyfriend back. The one who used to look at me the way you were looking at her in those photos."
I closed my eyes, picturing her face—beautiful, vulnerable, familiar. The safe choice. The expected path.
Then, unbidden, Ava's face flashed in my mind—fierce, challenging, unpredictable. The road not taken.
"I can't do that," I said finally. "Not yet."
Vivian's laugh was hollow. "I see. Well, don't expect me to wait around forever, Alex. I deserve better than this."
"You're not—"
"Save it." Her voice was ice cold now. "I have a shoot in Milan next week. When I get back, you better have figured out where your priorities lie.
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