Chapter 0487

"Hi, Calvin," her cheery voice pulls me from my thoughts.

I smile and stand up. I give her a hug and then peck her rosy cheeks.

I met Kinley by chance at a convention building and construction convention. She's an architect. We just clicked in a way I never saw coming. Her witty and charming ways drew me in the moment she sat down beside me.

She was bold when she asked for my number after the convention was over. I was still trying to heal from cutting off Emma from my life, but for some reason I ended up typing in my number on her phone.

"I hope I didn't keep you waiting," she says in a sweet voice while I pull out the chair for her.

I smile before taking my own seat, "Not at all,"

she asks, leaning forward, adoration in her gaze.

would send me random funny videos that would always put a smile on my face.

more. The text messages happened each day instead of just a few days a week. Then we graduated to calls... and before I knew it, we were meeting up for lunch dates. Platonic lunch dates. Content

to worry about whether she was thinking of another man like Emma. I

when I was around her, I didn't have to think about my pain or heart break. I didn't have to think about

I could see myself loving Kinley. She was warm and

think I want more, but I hold back because I don't want to give

*Calvin?"

today," I mumble before pulling myself together. "Gunner is doing

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