Knowing You — Chapter 35

Stephanie sat on the bed playing a word game with Nicki who was across the ocean and losing because all she could think about was Jake and Allie kissing and sighing and whispering…

And worse.

She wasn’t even jealous. She only felt like a big fool.

From the comments on her Instagram account, people were feeling sorry for her, which was ridiculous because she had everything in the world.

Except, of course, Jake and love and a future with love and Jake in it.

And damn it if Jake didn’t even have an Instagram. She wanted, so badly, to publically unfollow him and then have her unfollowing action noticed by a People editor.

Maybe she would hang out in Paris for a few days, fight for standing room in front of the Mona Lisa and slip into a croissant coma before flying back to LA. At home, she could clear her head, get back on her therapist’s appointment calendar and just move on.

She wouldn’t run away again. It didn’t do anything but cost her a bunch of money and waste her time. Plus, the internet had no borders. Or, shame.

The jig was up. She would be famous for this for the next few months. Maybe even for a year or two. May as well make the most of it.

She would do whatever she wanted, see whoever she wanted and not give one fu — .

A knock at the door.