“What is the fucking point of rehashing all the things we want and can’t have?” “What is the point, Gael?” I ask, exasperated. Forcefully, I step out of his hold and let my eyes land on his. Unable to look at him, I turn my head, and he persists with the questioning. Slowly, his hands rise, ghosting the length of me and settling on either side of my neck. I stand there and let him hold me, intimately, as he tells me he loves somebody else. He shakes his head, and even though every fiber of my being knows how dangerous this is, being like this, I stay still. Maybe, after all this time, we were more than best friends. When I whisk him off to a surprise bachelor party weekend in Vegas, I surrender to the idea that this is an opportunity for me to finally let go of my feelings for him and say goodbye.īut after a heated exchange and an even hotter kiss, everything I thought I knew about our friendship changed. A dream that was never going to come true. An unrequited crush I wish I could shake.

Through all the years, and all the men I’ve fooled around with, he’s always been at the back of my mind. But falling in love with my soon-to-be-married-to-a-woman best friend is nothing but heartache.

I couldn’t tell you when I fell in love with Gael Herrera, but I wish I knew how to make it stop.įalling in love with a straight man is a rookie mistake.

Devilry by marley valentine