“He’s here to see you?”
Eve swallowed hard. The idea of Kevin being here for her gave her tingles, even if she was pretty sure she didn’t want to hear what he had to say. “Yeah.”
“Why? Is the rumor true?”
Eve’s stomach dipped. “I don’t know. We didn’t get that far.”
Monica came around the end of the counter. Now things were beyond serious. “How far did you get?”
“He knows we’re still married.”
Monica crossed her arms. “And?”
Monica had never been a big fan of Eve keeping that information to herself.
“He seems…unhappy about it.” Which made her strangely sad. She’d been living without the guy for fourteen years. They’d been about as un-married as two people could be. Yet, she was sad about the idea that he didn’t want to be married to her.
Stupid.
“Imagine that,” Monica said dryly. “I can’t believe someone might be upset about something like that.”
Eve frowned. They’d been over this before. “I wanted to talk to him. It’s not my fault he didn’t follow up on the paperwork until now.”
It wasn’t like she’d intended to keep it from him for over a decade. She’d wanted a chance to tell him what had happened that morning after their wedding. And that she still loved him. She’d thought it would take a couple of weeks, maybe a month, for him to find out things weren’t finished between them and come to see her.
Monica looked at her closely. “You really have been hanging on to him all this time, haven’t you?”
Eve had really tried to cover that up. “Not exactly.” It wasn’t like she was sitting at home on Saturday nights, her and her twelve cats, because she could never love another man like she loved Kevin.
She didn’t have even one cat.
“But you haven’t completely let him go,” Monica pointed out.
“I haven’t seen him or talked to him,” Eve replied. “I don’t know what I could have done to get more rid of him.”
“You could have signed the papers, or called him and told him that you needed new papers, or you could have actually moved on and needed the annulment because you were involved with someone else.”
Eve frowned. Of course, she could have done one—or more—of those things. But all of those ideas made her stomach hurt. As crazy as that was.
“I never had any closure. I never wanted to be without him so it makes sense that I haven’t gotten over him.”
“And now he’s here,” Monica said. “Time to do something.”
“I know,” Eve agreed, “this is my chance to finally finish this.”
“Good.”
“Or to see if we still have feelings for each other.” Her toes literally tingled at that.
Monica sighed. “I knew you were going to say that.”
“You think I’m crazy?”
“Yes,” Monica said without hesitation. “Also slightly delusional and hopelessly romantic.”
Eve nodded. “Probably. But it doesn’t feel crazy.” Or hopeless.
It should. Especially considering Kevin was likely here because he was Drew’s father and he was planning to marry Heather.
Which meant delusional was the best term of any of them.
“It should,” Monica said.
“But if Kevin’s The One? Then it makes sense I’m still in love with him, right?”
“You’re still in love with me?”
She turned to find Kevin staring at her, a strange mix of shock, concern and…was that hope?
There was no way he was going to believe that Eve was still in love with him.
No way.
Unless she proved it somehow…
Kevin shook his head. That was stupid. It had been too long. And she’d made it very clear that she’d made a mistake marrying him. Painfully clear.
“It’s probably more like the way I love Matt Damon.”
Her tone was surprisingly reasonable, considering the topic.
“Matt Damon?”
“You know, from afar, based only on his good looks and his sense of humor in interviews.”
“Oh,” Kevin said with a frown. So her feelings for him weren’t serious. Or even real. Great.
And why did
Eve swallowed hard. The idea of Kevin being here for her gave her tingles, even if she was pretty sure she didn’t want to hear what he had to say. “Yeah.”
“Why? Is the rumor true?”
Eve’s stomach dipped. “I don’t know. We didn’t get that far.”
Monica came around the end of the counter. Now things were beyond serious. “How far did you get?”
“He knows we’re still married.”
Monica crossed her arms. “And?”
Monica had never been a big fan of Eve keeping that information to herself.
“He seems…unhappy about it.” Which made her strangely sad. She’d been living without the guy for fourteen years. They’d been about as un-married as two people could be. Yet, she was sad about the idea that he didn’t want to be married to her.
Stupid.
“Imagine that,” Monica said dryly. “I can’t believe someone might be upset about something like that.”
Eve frowned. They’d been over this before. “I wanted to talk to him. It’s not my fault he didn’t follow up on the paperwork until now.”
It wasn’t like she’d intended to keep it from him for over a decade. She’d wanted a chance to tell him what had happened that morning after their wedding. And that she still loved him. She’d thought it would take a couple of weeks, maybe a month, for him to find out things weren’t finished between them and come to see her.
Monica looked at her closely. “You really have been hanging on to him all this time, haven’t you?”
Eve had really tried to cover that up. “Not exactly.” It wasn’t like she was sitting at home on Saturday nights, her and her twelve cats, because she could never love another man like she loved Kevin.
She didn’t have even one cat.
“But you haven’t completely let him go,” Monica pointed out.
“I haven’t seen him or talked to him,” Eve replied. “I don’t know what I could have done to get more rid of him.”
“You could have signed the papers, or called him and told him that you needed new papers, or you could have actually moved on and needed the annulment because you were involved with someone else.”
Eve frowned. Of course, she could have done one—or more—of those things. But all of those ideas made her stomach hurt. As crazy as that was.
“I never had any closure. I never wanted to be without him so it makes sense that I haven’t gotten over him.”
“And now he’s here,” Monica said. “Time to do something.”
“I know,” Eve agreed, “this is my chance to finally finish this.”
“Good.”
“Or to see if we still have feelings for each other.” Her toes literally tingled at that.
Monica sighed. “I knew you were going to say that.”
“You think I’m crazy?”
“Yes,” Monica said without hesitation. “Also slightly delusional and hopelessly romantic.”
Eve nodded. “Probably. But it doesn’t feel crazy.” Or hopeless.
It should. Especially considering Kevin was likely here because he was Drew’s father and he was planning to marry Heather.
Which meant delusional was the best term of any of them.
“It should,” Monica said.
“But if Kevin’s The One? Then it makes sense I’m still in love with him, right?”
“You’re still in love with me?”
She turned to find Kevin staring at her, a strange mix of shock, concern and…was that hope?
There was no way he was going to believe that Eve was still in love with him.
No way.
Unless she proved it somehow…
Kevin shook his head. That was stupid. It had been too long. And she’d made it very clear that she’d made a mistake marrying him. Painfully clear.
“It’s probably more like the way I love Matt Damon.”
Her tone was surprisingly reasonable, considering the topic.
“Matt Damon?”
“You know, from afar, based only on his good looks and his sense of humor in interviews.”
“Oh,” Kevin said with a frown. So her feelings for him weren’t serious. Or even real. Great.
And why did
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