Chapter 102

Elena thought a lot about what Simon had said. She thought about it while getting out of bed. She thought about it while deciding she needed a cold shower. She thought about it even when she told herself not to waste her time thinking about it.

But no matter how much she told herself there was nothing to be done unless Simon and she reached some kind of understanding (which seemed almost impossible considering how they both wanted two different things and neither of them was ready to relent even a bit), her mind continued to obsess over what he said that morning.

“I’m crazy for you,” she could still hear his words ringing in her head. “Crazy enough to do stupid things, crazy enough to bring my world to your feet.”

Elena shook her head and tried to dispel the impact of his words. She tried really hard not to let them sink into her mind and plant seeds of hope and expectation. But no matter how hard she tried to think otherwise, to make her heart not beat the way it was, she simply could