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“I’m right, aren’t I?”
She nodded. “Delicious. Thank you for bringing me here.”
“Thanks for sharing it with me.”
She picked up her spoon, pausing before scooping up some soup. “Did Marisol come here with you?”
I scoffed. “Once. She wasn’t impressed.”
“How long were you together?”
I cocked my head. “Is it my turn to expel my relationship details?”
“What’s fair is fair, Westie.”
“Please stop hanging out with Miles.”
“You’ll have to discuss that with him. He’s a little obsessed with me.” She shook her spoon at me. “Don’t try to distract me. How long were you with her?”
“Two years seriously, give or take.”
“How long unseriously?”
She’d picked up on my wording. No surprise there. “A year.”
“So, three years.” She tore off the corner of her sandwich. “That’s a long time. I didn’t know she existed before this trip.”
I raised a brow. “Did you keep up with me while you were in Chicago?”
“Somewhat. Elliot mentioned you from time to time. He never said anything about beautiful Marisol, though.”
I couldn’t fight the smirk tugging at my lips. “That’s because Elliot tried to pretend she didn’t exist. Compartmentalizing is a Levy talent.”
“My brother wasn’t a fan of beautiful Marisol?”
“Don’t call her that unless you want me to refer to you as Stunning Elise.”
She stopped chewing to cover her grin with her hand. “Thatdoeshave a lovely ring to it.”
It did. And it was fitting.
“No, Elliot didn’t like her. He said if I stayed with her, she would change me in ways that would make him not like me either.”
“My brother, the smooth talker.”
I shook my head. “He’s blunt, but he tells the truth.”
“But you didn’t listen.”
Heaving a deep sigh, I wiped my mouth with my napkin. “It took me some time to come to my senses. She lived in California for the duration of our relationship. It made it easier for me to close my eyes to a lot of the reasons we would have never worked.”
“That makes sense. You had reunion sex over and over. It would be hard to give that up.”
My jaw tensed at her casual reference to me fucking another woman. I didn’t feel so casual when I thought of her with any other man.
“You’re right. It was easier to stay than go. Plus, there was a part of me that wanted to prove Elliot wrong.”
“I bet he took your breakup well.” She pressed her lips together to hold back a grin.
