Chapter 56

“ Man, you're submitting to that for sex, I understood. " he sat in the chair in front of his friend's desk. "But that time has passed, hasn't it?" You don't even go out with people anymore! he repeated. "Why don't you admit it?" You really have a crush on this girl, don't you?

Ethan gave his friend a sideways look. The truth was that if she almost didn't go out with her friends anymore, it was because she wanted to spend every possible second with Alexis. He remembered the last time he had left her waiting for him. He didn't even like remembering that he'd found her crying in her apartment. If it were within his power, he would avoid causing her similar pain again.

“What do you want me to say, Eric? He was fingering the tabletop. " That I'm in love with Alexis?

Eric crossed his arms, scrutinizing his friend. Ethan then cast a wistful look out the window:

"I think that's pretty clear already, isn't it?" the other teased.

“Dude, I think so. You know that urge to be with that woman, to