My
name is Lily Gilmore, and I was supposed to be getting married today. That was
until I found my fiancé having sex with my sister in the church moments before
I was supposed to walk down the aisle. I grew up with a father who was a
womanizer and cheated on my mother every moment he had the chance. He would
even stoop as low as to take me and my sister with him on his trysts when we
were younger. Cheating was all I grew up with, and I vowed never to live the
life my mother did. After finding my fiancé and my sister together, I moved
from Seattle to Santa Monica to start a new life of independence and to focus
on my passion for photography, man-free.
My name is Luke Matthews. About a year ago, I lost the love of my life, my fiancé, in a tragic car accident. There are no words that can describe how I’ve felt the past year. My life and all my dreams had died with her in the accident. I exist, and I play my guitar to try and ease the pain. My love was taken away, and I will never get that back.
What happens when the lives of two people who no longer believe in love are suddenly changed by fate?
My name is Luke Matthews. About a year ago, I lost the love of my life, my fiancé, in a tragic car accident. There are no words that can describe how I’ve felt the past year. My life and all my dreams had died with her in the accident. I exist, and I play my guitar to try and ease the pain. My love was taken away, and I will never get that back.
What happens when the lives of two people who no longer believe in love are suddenly changed by fate?
I wanted us to make love
for the right reasons. I didn’t want to be a one-night stand with her, and I’m
sure she didn’t want to be one with me. I broke our kiss and looked at her. She
had awoken something in me — something that’s been dead for a year.
“What have you done to me, Lily?” I asked her as I ran my fingers through her hair.
“The same thing you’ve done to me,” she responded.
“As much as I want you right now, I think we should wait.”
Lily looked at me and nodded her head. I pulled her into me and held her tight. “I’m scared. I don’t know where this is going. There’s so much I don’t know about you, and there’s so much you don’t know about me. I don’t want us to have sex on a whim and end up regretting it later. That’s not who I am, Lily, and I need you to trust me.”
She whispered in my ear. “I do trust you, and I agree with you.”
I tightened my arms around her. I thought she was perfect before, but now, she’s more than perfect. She got off of me and sat up on the couch. I sat up next to her and ran my finger along her shoulder, making small circles. “Will you go on a date with me tonight?”
“What have you done to me, Lily?” I asked her as I ran my fingers through her hair.
“The same thing you’ve done to me,” she responded.
“As much as I want you right now, I think we should wait.”
Lily looked at me and nodded her head. I pulled her into me and held her tight. “I’m scared. I don’t know where this is going. There’s so much I don’t know about you, and there’s so much you don’t know about me. I don’t want us to have sex on a whim and end up regretting it later. That’s not who I am, Lily, and I need you to trust me.”
She whispered in my ear. “I do trust you, and I agree with you.”
I tightened my arms around her. I thought she was perfect before, but now, she’s more than perfect. She got off of me and sat up on the couch. I sat up next to her and ran my finger along her shoulder, making small circles. “Will you go on a date with me tonight?”
I
couldn’t stop thinking about Lily and our night together. I didn’t plan on
making love to her quite yet, but she wanted me to, and who was I to deny her.
I need to tell her about Callie and the accident. I was actually surprised she
didn’t ask about my scar last night. My phone beeped with a reminder about the
job I needed to do. I snapped out of my thoughts and back into reality; then I
grabbed my tool box and headed upstairs to Mrs. Lopez’s apartment to fix her
garbage disposal.
“You
have that look, Luke,” Mrs. Lopez said.
“What
look would that be, Mrs. Lopez?” I asked as I tightened the pipe under her
kitchen sink.
“The
look of love.”
I
chuckled. “Is that so? How can you tell?”
“I
can see it in your eyes. They have a new life about them. Who is she?”
I
crawled out from under the sink and threw my wrench in the tool box. “I’m not
in love, but I have met someone that I really like.” I smiled.
“Ah
ha! I knew it!” she exclaimed. I sure hope it’s that cute little blonde that
just moved in next door to you.”
“As
a matter of fact, it is, and her name’s Lily,” I said as I took the bottle of
water she held out me.
“I’m
happy for you, Luke. I know you’ve had a rough year, and you deserve true
happiness.”
I
closed my tool box and picked it up from the floor. “Thanks for the water, Mrs.
Lopez. Everything’s working perfectly now. Just call me if you need me,” I said
as I walked out the door.
I
walked back into my apartment, set my tool box down, then sat on the couch,
looking at my phone. I missed Lily already. She’s always on my mind, and it’s
driving me crazy, so I decided to send her a text message.
“How
about dinner tonight at your place? We can cook together.”
“That
sounds great! I don’t cook though.”
“I’ll
teach you. We can go to the store together when you get home.”
“Alright,
I can’t wait.”
“Me
neither.”
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