Chapter 1

Ninety-nine days after our brutal split, and I was still drowning.

Staring at the wreckage Luke left in my apartment, I decided it was time to purge it all.

I headed downstairs for moving boxes and passed a new massage place. A guy with a killer smile handed me a flyer. "Grand opening! 20% off!"

My body had been a stiff, comatose mess for weeks. Why not?

His hands were professional, finding every knot and tense spot. The pain brought tears to my eyes..

Then My phone buzzed.

It was Luke. The ex who'd ghosted me the day we broke up.

"I think I left my belt at your place. Can you find it for me?"

Blunt, to the point, no sugar-coating.

I took a deep breath. "I threw it out."

"Come on, Aubrey. Throw out whatever else, but that belt... Chloe gave it to me..."

The words choked me, my body shaking with a wave of anger.

The cute masseur noticed my tension. "Relax," he murmured. "Lift your leg."

"Mm-hmm..."

Luke's roar blasted through the phone. "Aubrey, what the hell are you doing?! We just broke up!"

My face burned.

Right before I hung up, the masseur's hand pressed hard into a sensitive point on my lower leg.

"Ow! That hurts! Easy, please..."