The Nympho Diaries

Love Me in Chapters

Page after page, I read about love and hopeless romance. Allowing myself to fade in the stories about it. Kissed in chapters and being loved in writing. Being a hopeless romantic myself, it has always been a bit odd in the hookup culture of today. But I never lost hope.

Being a hopeless romantic has landed me a job in the most prestigious publishing firm in Seattle. I've also anonymously published books in the romance category which became a best seller. I've always been proud of my success but there's only one thing that I wasn't very successful with, and that's love. Not saying that it was my fault that things didn't work out but, I just loved too hard or that's what my best friend says. Aiden is his name and he's the epitome of a playboy. He's a tech man which surprisingly has made him the fortune that he now has. He's the guy that you have a one-night stand with and never call again because he would be gone and the number, he gave you the previous night is the number of a pizza spot that could use new customers. He called it "free marketing". I always found the encounters distasteful, but I never judged him for it. As I see it, he adapted to today's society. Something I refuse to do, or maybe I'm just afraid to do.

I took Aiden's advice and tried dating apps, speed dating, and other methods of dating which just didn't work out for me. So, I've settled with reading about it. I'm currently reading A Fault in Our Stars by John Greene and it's amazing. The characters, their different personalities, and the love that Augustus had for Hazel were one of a kind.

"Elle"

I'm startled by Aiden calling my name. Looking up, there he was. Standing in all his glory, shirtless and in sweatpants in our kitchen. We share an apartment and it has been great for the past 3 years, except when I find his lovers trying to make breakfast as they think they can change his mind about them being gone by 8 AM.

"Aiden, you scared me" I huff.

"Maybe you wouldn't get startled if your head wasn't in a book all the time" he countered, pouring himself some coffee.

Rolling my eyes, I head into my room to get ready. We're supposed to be heading to the farmer's market soon. I throw on some shorts with a yellow blouse. Pinning my hair into a ponytail, I look at myself in the mirror once more satisfied with my look and head out. Meeting Aiden in the car, we head out.

"So, what's the newest update with your love life" Aiden curiously asked.

"Nothing" I countered "Nothing is happening with that since it's non-existent."

"Come on, don't be like that" he groaned "Look, there's a party tonight-"

"You know how I feel about parties" I cut.

"I know but how will you find your prince charming if all you do is stay inside and wallow in cringy books about love."

I gasped in horror.

"You did not just call my books cringy."

"I did," He said proudly "I mean it. Anyways, it'll be fun so we're going."

Glaring at him, I shake my head.

"Come on baby, do it for me" He smirked.

My heart shuddered at the endearment. Like the feeling I previously wrote about. I turned to the window and bit my lip.

"Fine"

He chuckled. The rest of the trip was silent. We kept accidentally bumping into each other or picking the same produce which caused us to keep touching each other's hands. I was flustered for most of this errand. I was also very clumsy which almost costed us a crate of organic brown eggs. Thankfully, he caught it right in time which saved us some money as we would've had to replace them. After the farmers market, we returned home. I locked myself away in my room, immersing myself in the last few chapters of the book.