"No, but you can be with anyone but me, right?" Hope exhaled a frustrated breath. "Garret... Riley... You think that that doesn't speak volumes as well?"
After a brief pause, Hope shook her head. "But no, you're right. A talk and a cuddle doesn't make things instantly better and I don't want to be a rebound so..." She gave a small shrug of her shoulders. "We're back to just what I said before, aren't we? Take your time. You know where I am. There's nothing else I can do."