Amara

For someone who insisted that I get engaged to him, James has been pretty absent lately. I can’t even recall the last time I saw my fiance. Not that I miss him. I just—wanted someone to talk to.

Ife was busy with work and unable to hang out with me. Usually, I fill my days with shopping, visiting art galleries, and painting. But I couldn’t engage in that anymore. Not when my cheeks still heated up whenever I remembered the hungry gaze in James’s eyes when he saw me in that ...