I didn’t even know anything about the man save for his name, and it was through sheer will alone that I didn’t try to search for him.
Surprise was one way to put it when I came to visit Evelyn, my sister, and I found the star of all of my fantasies—the man I had compared to every other man I had kissed after him, only to find them coming up short—right here in New York. It was just one big fucking coincidence that he and Jace were childhood friends. I didn’t believe in that fate bullshit, but now it seemed I couldn’t escape Jensen. The worst part was?
While I had put all the weight of the world on that first kiss we shared, had thought about nothing else but the way his lips had felt pressed against mine, the softness of them, and the way he had smelled that night, down to the feel of those bulging strong arms of his, he didn’t even remember me.
I knew he was interested in me.
I wasn’t oblivious.
I could see in the way his eyes had tracked my movement during any of the rare and short times we were in the same room together since I moved to New York.
I knew he wanted me, but him wanting me had nothing to do with our very brief shared history in London.
And the man wasn’t doing anything about his interest.
I could see that now, when I had been here for almost ten months now, and he still hadn’t made his move.
He had kept me carefully contained in that box he labeled “Evelyn’s sister.”
Nothing more and nothing less, no matter how badly I wished to be something else, someone else.
The place was completely and eerily quiet now. I could almost hear myself breathe in and out, as the slightest sound seemed to echo in the empty place.
I stood up and placed my phone back in my jeans pocket. Letting out a small sigh, I took a step toward the side wing when a noise out in the auditorium caught my attention. I squinted as I looked out at the rows of empty seats and found no one there.
It must have been the pipes along the wall or something. Putting it out of my head, I continued my walk and quickly grabbed my bag and jacket from the back before I headed out the door, planning on taking the subway home.