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We arrive at the hotel and I park the car before facing her.
“Isabella…” I start then stop because I have no clue what to say.
She smiles at me and my breath hitches. “Thank you for everything. I don’t know what I would have done without you these past few days.”
“Me neither.” I would have gone crazy if I was all alone during that storm.
“I’m really glad I met you.”
“This feels like a goodbye. You’re not really going to say goodbye without giving me your number,” I say on a frown. “This is the twenty-first century; we can still communicate.”
Isabella shakes her head. “I don’t think we should.”
My heart breaks a little at that. “Why not?”
“Because you have something important to do. And while the past few days have been amazing, all good things must come to an end.”
My jaw clenches. “So, that’s it? Thank you for everything, sayonara? You never want to see me again? What was I to you, Isabella? Something to pass the time? We sleep together and you pretend it never happened. That’s all I am? A nice fuck?”
Her eyes narrow. “Don’t be mean.”
“Help me understand why you don’t want to continue this!”
“Because you have your world and I have mine, okay? If you knew who I really was, you’d understand,” she says gently.
“Then tell me,” I implore.
“No,” she shakes her head, “you don’t need to know. I really am grateful. Goodbye, Graham.”
I can’t even look at her right now. She gets out of the car and I just sit there for a long moment, staring down at my clenched fists. Everything in me wants to go after her, but I stay put. Then there’s a knock on my window.
I look up, and Isabella’s standing outside. She gestures for me to climb out. I hesitate before opening the door and doing so.
“What?” I grit out.
“Graham,” she says softly. “Come on, look at me.”
I do so, slowly. She offers me a small smile before rising on her toes and placing her hands on my shoulders.
“I don’t want this to end with a fight,” she whispers, pulling me down slightly.
And then she’s kissing me. My heart practically stops. It takes me a second, but then I’m kissing her back. Sparks explode within me and everything else falls away. All I can think about, all I can feel is her. And it’s pretty fucking amazing.
The kiss lasts only about fifteen seconds and it feels too soon when she pulls away. We’re both breathing heavily. I swallow before speaking.
“You’re really going to say goodbye to this, Isabella?” I ask.
She looks up at me, her blue eyes softer than I’ve ever seen them.
“We’ll see each other again, Graham. I promise,” she states. “In the meantime, though, don’t try to look for me. Promise me you won’t.”
My jaw clenches. I was going to find her as soon as she left. It wouldn’t have been hard. But now…
“Come on, Sunshine.”
She fixes me with a hard look. “Don’t try to look for me.”
“Fine,” I groan after a few seconds. “Instead, you come find me, okay?”
