All the Promises We Break (The Desire Series Book 2) by Ariana Rose

Author:Ariana Rose [Rose, Ariana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-03-11T00:00:00+00:00

Wes

It’s amazing all the things you can think of doing when you can’t sleep. I try counting sheep, but I figure by the time I get to five hundred it isn’t the animal for me. After taking a break and giving her time to think, I tried to talk to Hayley through her closed door. I sat down on the floor for a couple hours. I slid a note under the door that said I’m sorry.

I rattle around the kitchen, hoping Hayley would hear me and come out of her room. Instead I ate a whole bowl of popcorn with warm milk. Bad idea. I finished being sick at about four in the morning. Even the pain in my stomach couldn’t touch the other pain I feel.

Nothing is working.

Defeated, I stayed in my room. I go over all the ways the drive home could go in my head, most of which end up ugly. As we pack the car, I can see that’s likely. Hayley tells Eli to ride shotgun so he can put the seat back if he needs to. Strike one.

Dylan and Hayley pour over some last minute wedding details for about half the ride and the other half working on a school project. Eli did end up needing a nap, so I feel like the chauffeur in this guilt trip. Strike two.

Since I’m in control of this ship, I decide to drop Dylan and Eli off first at their place. This will give me at least a few minutes alone with Hayley and we can hopefully get some of this awkward off us. After we say our goodbyes on the curb, I open the door for her. She climbs in without a word.

Once Goose and Viper are clear from view, Operation Merlin is in full effect. I close my door and the inside of the car is about as silent as it's going to be in New York City.

“Hayley, you can’t avoid me forever.”

“I know I can’t. We still have to co-host the wedding, then you can go your way and I’ll go mine. It will suck for a bit but it’s for the best.”

“Is that how you feel?”

“I’m not given an option to feel anything else. Look, we knew this was a long shot anyway, right?”

“It’s nice to know you run when things are hard. I never knew that about you.”

“Don’t you dare blame this on me. I was good, more than good. Wes, you blew us up, not me.”

“At least you admit there was an us.”

I pull up outside her apartment near NYU. She bails out before I even have the trunk popped. I offer to help her with her bags, and she refuses help.

“Hayley, stop.” I grab her wrist. “I never wanted to hurt you.”

“I know. But you did.”

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