Getting rejected outright was probably better than getting rejected for a stupid reason. Either way, that was what she would consider her first heartbreak.
Months later, her heart broke again as her mother's condition worsened, and they had to return to Novera. After all, her mother wanted to spend the last moments of her life at home, instead of taking her final breath in a foreign country.
So, Lola eventually got over that first heartbreak and simply started calling Atlas—her first crush, and perhaps, her first puppy love—the guy from high school.
That guy, she would remember for the rest of her life. But also, someone she never thought she would ever see again.
Never in her wildest imagination did she think they would meet again, or that he would show up on her doorstep. He was a part of her past, but not only did he appear in front of her doorstep, he appeared right in the middle of her home!
"You're drooling." His voice snapped her out of her thoughts.
