It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (z-lib.org).epub

Chapter Eight
“We need to talk,” Lucy says.
She’s sitting on the couch, mascara streaked down her cheeks.
Oh, shit.
I drop my purse and rush over to her. As soon as I sit down next to her,
she starts crying.
“What’s wrong? Did Alex break up with you?”
She starts shaking her head and then I really start freaking out. Please
don’t say cancer. I grab her hand, and that’s when I see it. “Lucy! You’re
engaged?”
She nods. “I’m sorry. I know we still have six months left on the lease,
but he wants me to move in with him.”
I stare at her for a minute. Is that why she’s crying? Because she wants out of
her lease? She reaches for a tissue and starts dabbing at her eyes. “I feel
awful, Lily. You’re going to be all alone. I’m moving and you won’t have
anyone.”
What the . . .
“Lucy? Um . . . I’ll be fine. I promise.”
She looks up at me with hope in her expression. “Really?”
Why in the world does she have this impression of me? I nod again. “Yes. I’m
not mad, I’m happy for you.”
She throws her arms around me and hugs me. “Oh, thank you, Lily!”
She starts giggling in between bouts of tears. When she releases me, she
jumps up and says, “I have to go tell Alex! He was so worried you wouldn’t
let me out of my lease!” She grabs her purse and shoes and disappears out
the front door.
I lie back on the couch and stare up at the ceiling. Did she just play me?
I start laughing, because until this moment, I had no idea how much
I’ve been waiting for this to happen. The whole place to myself!
What’s even better, is when I do decide to have sex with Ryle, we can
have it over here all the time and not have to worry about being quiet.