THE MAN WHOM I LOVED

Sophia?" he asked finally, hi

"What makes you think

hia and I are just colleagues she's a local arti

exhibition with your so called colleague, holding hands and taking pic

e exhibition with Sophia if he knew this would happened "I don't know, Angela. I wasn't thinking, I g

s temples. "Can you talk

her voice gentler now. "It's okay Aus

to know how Coco kn

co knew about the po

h, yeah...about that. I think Coco me

han"? Aus

anger. "Sophia friend, ." I guess, and he's coco cow

ed over. Ah ah... "

Angel

hing

reached out and grabbed his arm. "Austin, wa

her, his expression qu

co had told me about I think Ethan might be wanting to have

s widened in

hole situation is getting more harder for Coco to avoid very day,

h possibilities. What could

works, he pushed open the door to Coco's workplace

of anger and hurt.

he scanned the area, looking for h

bicles, but there was no sign of Coco. He even checked the

anding under a tree outside. It was Coco, and she was talking to som

utside, their voices h

surge of anger

expression was intense, as she spoke. Et

t like seeing Coco with someone else,

nt - Coco and Ethan are colleagues , meeting Sophia in his trip, Sophia's flirtat

thought to himself. "They're trying

an and Sophia planned the whole thing? Were the

exhibition, where Sophia po

got the better of h

" Austin demanded, hi

ed. "Austin, what are you doing he

uld ask you the same thing. W

ression defensive. "Austin rig

it does. You're involved with Sophia, and

ee of them stood there, the secrets and l

exchanged con

you talking about,

I know what's going on. You and Sophia a

Austin, slow down. I have no i

ten to me. I don't know what's going o

, just as he was about to speak C

take this

y A

s wha

ha

lked on the phone for hours, catch

.. who'

...the new firecracker

rise. "Oh my God That's ama

ile on social media. We exchanged numbers

u, Angela. What's it like, reconnecting

e fell right back into our old rhythm, sharing stories and laughter. Mai's st

at's she been up t

a photographer. She's got some amazing stories, Co. And she's still

t update with Co. "Mai wants to meet up! She's coming to town

at's amazing! You have to go, A

y. "I know, right? I'm so dow

d, "Fine, Where are you

ted that new cafe downtown. You know, th

know the one. I will

Bye,See you

d turned around to see Ethan and Austin staring e

sked, her voice cautious, sen

in's face. "Just having a disc

s jaw c

ds raised placatingly. "Hey,

"Ethan come

one, his eyes fixed on the spot where they had just been. He felt a

's number, but it went straight to voicemail. He tried again, but sh

ing sense of frust