Knowing You — Chapter 34

Jake had the weirdest thought — the kind of obtrusive thought that strikes at the most inopportune times. Like, when he’s about to hit the stage and suddenly he wants to leave. Just slip out of a back stage door and jump on a bus.

He wanted her to leave his room immediately and without turning back.

Because if she left and they never finish this conversation, she would never know the truth.

She would never know about the kiss.

He would be okay with freezing this moment into a mystery. Something she may suspect, but would never know for sure.

“Jake? Are you okay?” She took a step toward the chair, but she didn’t run over and check on him. In her mind, he must still be a bastard.

“Why…why is a kiss worse?” He asked.

She straightened up and crossed her arms. “Are you kidding? It’s so intimate. Didn’t you ever see Pretty Woman?”

Ah, sweet distraction. Just the squirrel he wanted to see.

“No. What’s it about?”

She shook her head like his not seeing this movie was clearly unbelievable to her. “It’s my favorite romantic comedy. Julia Roberts is a prostitute who meets a millionaire played by Richard Gere who has bought her for one week. He wants to know what she will do for $3000. She tells him she’ll do anything but kiss on the mouth.”

“This was a comedy?”