A Hard Man To Love by Lola StVil

Author:Lola StVil [StVil, Lola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

AVA

I didn’t mean to tell Rex all that. I didn’t even mean to tell him any of it; it just came pouring out. And he listened to me, really listened. I was afraid to tell him, not just because I was afraid he would judge me if he knew, but because I was so scared that he’d just shrug and say, “Well, what did you expect, you led him on.”

He didn’t do that. He told me it wasn’t my fault. He said I was perfect. I’m far from it, but I think he might just be perfect. When he took my hands in his, I felt it. The spark. But I felt something else too. Something deep and real.

I know that for sure now. I want him to take me, to make me feel alive. To show me how different my life could be with him in it.

He jumps to his feet. I can see anger all over him. His body is taut, rigid, his face a mask of hatred. And when he says he’ll kill Matt, I feel a tingle go through my body. He has already chosen me, claimed me, with his words alone. He won’t let anyone hurt me.

I feel something else, too. Fear. Not that he’ll hurt me—I know he won’t as sure as I know my own name. I fear what he’ll do to Matt. Not because I care about Matt, but because I can see in Rex’s eyes what he is capable of, and I’m afraid I will lose him.

“Please, leave it alone,” I say.

“Fuck that,” he yells. “He’s going to pay for what he did to you. And if you won’t tell me who he is, I’ll find out. And I swear he’ll wish he never so much as looked at you. By the time I’m done with him, he’ll be begging me to end him so he can’t feel every fucking broken bone in his body.”

Casey’s words come back to me. Prison. Murder. Is it somehow true? I never believed it, but the way he’s talking, the absolute anger…

“It wouldn’t be the first time, would it?” I say.

Fucking hell, Ava, what the fuck did you say that for? He’s been so supportive, so caring, and you go and accuse him of murder. Nice.

“What the fuck are you talking about?” Rex says.

I could lie. I could make something up. But I owe him more than that. I owe him the truth. I owe him the chance to call bullshit on the rumors and tell me he was off travelling or something during the time he was meant to be inside.

“I heard you did time. For murder,” I say.

It sounds so stupid when I say it out loud like that. The anger recedes a little in Rex, and he looks at me. I think for a moment he looks hurt, but maybe I’m imagining it.

“After everything you’ve said about this world of yours, you’re willing to believe rumors like that?” he says.

I shake my head.

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