Her mind immediately started the countdown. She didn't need a list; she had it memorized.
Her friends hated the way she looked at her phone when they were out.
The song by Nathan Dawe and Ella Henderson is a high-energy dance track that explores the internal conflict of being unable to let go of a toxic or magnetic relationship, despite knowing better.
She reached reason number ten and tried to turn toward the exit. But then the beat dropped, and Leo caught her eye. He didn't wave; he just gave that slow, knowing smirk that bypassed her logic and went straight to her heart.
Suddenly, the twenty-one reasons felt flimsy. They were logical, cold, and sensible. But the "million more" were none of those things. They were the way he smelled like cedar and rain, the way he remembered how she took her coffee, and the electric shock that ran through her whenever they were in the same room.