Invisible to My First Love (Harper and Maddox) novel Chapter 37

Chapter 37 

Harper 

Ella, Zoey and I came to the animal shelter for a different kind of fun. We’d had enough of partying and drinking. 

There was a tiny golden retriever pup nibbling at the ends of my hair as I tried to scoop him into my lap. 

“So, how does it feel without Maddox in town?” Ella asked, laughing at the soft little growl the beagle pup in her arms made. 

“Yeah!” Zoey leaned towards me with wide eyes, her black dress covered in white fur from her tiny husky. “Now that you can’t be with him in less than thirty minutes and do whatever you want to each other, how does it feel?” 

I looked at both of them in disbelief, but giggled when my golden retriever licked my cheek. “You two can’t be serious right now. And why are we talking about this here?” 

“Come on. It’s not like there’s anyone else around, so how does it feel without him?” Ella wiggled her eyebrows. 

“Why are you making it sound like I haven’t seen him in months? It’s only been two days.” 

“Well, yeah, but still, how does it feel?” The tiny husky wriggled in Zoey’s arms. 

I sighed. “You’re both reading too much into this.” 

“What else do you expect after what you did?” Ella’s eyes narrowed as she pulled her beagle away from her shirt before he chewed a hole through it. “You spent two weeks not seeing him and he spent that night paying attention to everyone else, only for the two of you to end up in bed together!” 

“Look, one thing just led to another and that’s it. He’s now hours away and-” 

“Aha!” Zoey yelled a little too loudly, scaring the puppies. “OMG I’m so sorry my lovelies.” She looked around at each one of them, then back at me. “There, you said it. You miss him.” 

My eyes narrowed. “None of those words came out of my mouth.” 

Ella smirked at me. “You didn’t have to say anything directly. We can tell.” 

“I understand that the two of you just want to see me move on, but it’s not going to happen like this.” I gently scratched my golden retriever’s ears. 

“Now that I think about it, you’re right.” Zoey huffed. “Looking at the way things are going right now, it’s not enough. We’re going out with the Barclay twins this evening and they know all about Maddox. Maybe they can tell us something about him that you don’t yet know, like what he likes and stuff like that.” 

“There’s no need for that.” I firmly shook my head, bringing my face real close to the golden retriever so our noses could touch. “Look, I’ve told you several times that what I have with Maddox is nothing serious.” 

“Oh, yeah?” Ella rolled her eyes dismissively. “It’s always so funny to me that you keep saying that and yet you two fucked like animals.” 

“Yeah and doesn’t he text you like… all the time?” 

I leaned back against the wall, letting the golden retriever curl into my lap. “Don’t the two of you. Text me all the time as well?” 

They glanced at each other, then back at me. 

“Good point!” they said in unison. 

“Don’t get mad at me for saying this,” Zoey paused, setting her husky down and throwing a squeaky toy, “but maybe you should actually stop sleeping with him.” 

“What? Why?” My voice was loud. 

Ella tilted her head with a smirk. “Is that your way of saying you want to keep doing it?” 

I blinked rapidly. “That’s not what I meant. Anyway, what were you trying to say, Zocy?” 

“I just feel like the more you keep doing this, the harder it’ll be for you to move on. You keep saying there’s nothing between you two, but for how long will you stay this way?” 

“Weren’t you the same ones hyping me up to enjoy the fun with him while it lasts?” 

“That was before we saw how you act around Grayson.” Ella scratched under the beagle’s chin. “We just want to see you happy.” 

“Ooh, How about Dean?” Zoey suggested. 

“Not this again.” I huffed. “He’s just a friend and doesn’t give off that vibe. We’re getting to know each other and I don’t think it’ll ever be anything more than that.” 

“That’s how it starts and then before you know it, you’re ripping each other’s clothes off! Today might be the day since you’re going on a date with him.” 

“We’re just grabbing some dinner together at a fast food restaurant and that’s it.” My tone was dismissive. 

“So… you’re stuck with Maddox?” Zoey held up her beagle’s paws to make him wave. 

“You make it sound like it’s a bad thing.” I shot her a playful glare. 

I tried to shut them up, but they just wouldn’t stop. I eventually gave up and let them say it for as long as they felt like it. 

“Of course you are.” He scoffed as he began to walk away. “Good night, Harper.” 

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