My Best Friend's Dad Is Irresistible

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be alone," and in tears I buried my face again. What she

over to me, pulling me into her arms. She held me tightly, her own tears on t

rocked me like a child. But no matter how much she tried,

everything to me," I sobbed. "Why is it

sat beside me, her hand moving gently up and down my back, waiting for my storm of

, Aurora, that Eric di

it?" I cut her off, m

ill calm. "And sometimes, people aren't meant to stay in your life forever.

Eric and me as a perfect couple, a forever kind of love. And he didn't

ting for me when I finally stepped out, treating me like someone who had just lost everything. In some ways, I had. Mum was insisting we take a picture before we left. She

could I? How could I smile when my hea

Eric moved on without a care in the world. It was like

smiled, and people saw us as the perfect couple. But by the next day, everyone had heard about the breakup. Some even saw it happen on live television, when Eric

followed, they'd try to comfort me,

ened, Aurora. How

ile, lying thr

. Eric and I just weren't meant to be. It's no big deal. It happ

my room, I'd break down again. The tears would come, and the pain would flood back, fresh as

. You're my weakness, and I c

ch myself checking my phone, hoping for a message from him, some small sign that he still th

hat I don't? What make

d to spend with him. We were supposed to celebrate his award together. I had pictured us laughing, kissing, wrapp

ore her. Then she'd call Ella, and I'd h

cked herself in again.

. It was Ella, trying to pull me o

g this to yourself. It's been wee

n though my voice cracked

like this? Eric doesn't care about you anymore, so why are you still holding on? You're a beautiful wom

e line stuck with me: You need to do

tbreak? If Ella lived closer, she would have come over every day to pull m

a serious relationship. Maybe an older man would've stayed, fought for us. The thought planted a dangerous i

g app. Not just any app, but one that connected people for blind encounters. N

ed: tall, muscular, with a deep voice. Someone I could feel, not see. And when it asked for the man's age, I hesitated. I di

ays to get ready. My nerves were all over the place, but strangely, thinking about this blind date took my mind off Eric.

, something expensive, something I hoped he'd remember, even though we'd never

f to?" she asked,

id, keeping it vague. "I need

led softly. "Good luck," she said

ld think about was what this stranger would be like, and