Addicted To Love: 80s Baby by Alice La Roux

Author:Alice La Roux [La Roux, Alice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00

Neither of us said anything until we’d left the store and headed over to the food court. With a fries and strawberry milkshake in front of me, I felt calmer. More in control. Like my hormones were back in check as he ate his burger, opposite me.

Popping off the lid of my milkshake and stirring it with my straw, I avoid his eyes as I try to set some boundaries between us. “Look, I have a boyfriend.”

He snorts and immediately I straighten. “What? I do. So this thing between us has to stop.”

Luke takes another bite of his burger, face serious as he swallows. “Aren’t you exhausted loving someone who treats you like an afterthought? Where is he now? Where’s he been all week?” Shaking his head, he looks almost sad for a moment. “God, if you only knew…”

Frowning, I eye him suspiciously. “If I only knew what?”

“Nothing.” He takes another bite, deflecting.

Leaning forward, I can feel a sense of dread settling in my stomach. What does he know? What is he hiding? “No, say it. Say whatever it was you were about to say.”

Running a hand through his hair, his blue eyes look stormy as he exhales with a frustrated noise. “I wish you could see how amazing you are, Tammy. You’re beautiful, intelligent with a smart mouth on you. And you can do so much better than a wastoid like Mark.”

“Bullshit.” I hiss, conscious of an elderly couple sat on the next table over. “That’s not what you were going to say and we both know it.”

A family passes by, gazing our way, and I can only imagine it’s because I look like I’m going to take a swing at Luke.

“Look.” He holds his hands up in surrender. “I’m sorry. Let’s go get some ice cream and cool off. I’m not ready for today to be over yet. Friends?”

Taking a deep breath, I force myself to calm down. I had enough going on in my life without the added layer of secrets and dubious comments, but for now I’d let it slide. I wasn’t ready to head back to my trailer yet either. “Fine, on the condition that you don’t mention Mark again and you keep your hands to yourself.”

Luke stands and throws our rubbish in the trash, giving me one of his charming smiles over his shoulder. “Why? Tempted?” I roll my eyes, to which he responds with a huff. “Deal, but only if you tell me more about you.”

Standing and stretching, I look around at the people passing us by, lost in their own worlds. “Like what?”

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” He stoops and picks up my shopping bags from under my chair with his good hand.

I try to snatch them back, but he twists his body away from me, shifting them just out of reach unless I want to wrap myself around him like a boa constrictor. “I’m twenty-four, that means I’m already an adult, with bills and everything.”

I look up at him, and once again our eyes lock.

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