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NOTHING ABOUT MY relationship with Johnny was normal We met and fell in love immediately He asked me to marry him on our two-month anniversary, and I said yes My ht He kept repeating, “This isn’t normal, Ava”

What was normal anyway?

According toto reed and let my ind relationship with Johnny totally blind me of what I couldn’t see before my very eyes

As I stood in front of four different cakes, I couldn’t help but glance around the bakery Johnny and I were having a s, held at his parents’ country club in Austin His mother had insisted we not elope, which was exactly e had both wanted to do

Turningredhead who had been helping us

“So, have you narrowed it down?” she asked, as she sed I was there

With a shrug of his shoulders, Johnny turned to me and said, “Ava, could I possibly talk to you outside for a moment?”

I gave Johnny a slight smile as I nodded my head “Of course”

Johnny placed his hand on uided ht how his hand on my lower back should cause irls in the ronite my body in flames

Ha! I’d never experienced those feelings before in my entire life There was a reason it was called fiction

As we stepped out of the bakery, I flashed him a smile as I decidedmy hand on his chest, I lickedelse I’d rather be tasting”

Johnny looked away as he stared down the street with an empty look in his eyes “Ava, I need to talk to you”

My snawed on my lower lip His voice was serious and I had a terrible feeling he was about to say soht

“Okay, right now or after we pick out a cake?”

Johnny looked into my eyes and shook his head “I need to be honest with you, Ava”

My heart sank as I held ain “Honesty is always nice”

As he closed his eyes, I fought to hold back the tears I kneere about to fall

“There’s someone else I didn’tand she makes me feel alive”

Anger quickly raced through my body as I took a step back “Is that so? Kind of like how I made you feel alive? Or does she make you feel alive in some other kind of way?”