Almost Loved by Mira Toria

Author:Mira Toria [Toria, Mira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mira Toria
Published: 2015-03-05T16:00:00+00:00

After their round in his living room, she suggested they go shopping because Evey asked her to pick up a few things. Walking around the mall, Lyris dragged Hale into a candle store to find the scent Evey wanted.

“Wait, do you think apple – ” The candle slipped from her hand and landed on the table loudly. Several people turned to stare at her, but she didn’t even notice. She could only see the person in front of her.

Her mouth parched and her breaths became shorter as she continued to stare. It all came back - everything came back - floppy brown hair and bright baby blues that used to make her feel like it was worth it, even when it felt like the world was against her.

His hands all over her.

The promises he made.

The way it felt when she fell and no one was there to catch her.

It was like staring into a chapter of what her life was like before. There was something about Bradley that was familiar, but then again she never did see the real Bradley until much later. She was expecting unfiltered rage to overcome her now that she was facing him again after five years, but it never came.

“Lyris.” To his credit, Bradley looked surprised to see her.

If this was the test to see if she’d gotten over what happened in Europe then maybe it really was over. This final confrontation with him could be what she needed to finally close everything in the past once and for all.

Rage was a passion of some sort and there wasn’t anything passionate between them anymore, nothing at all. Butterflies didn’t manifest in her stomach, her pulse didn’t beat because she was excited and her head wasn’t spinning. Looking at him now, she just felt blank.

The two of them were facing one another, neither one relenting or showing any more than they wanted the other to see. She had her arms crossed, physically closing off any closeness and he had his arms up, like he was midway in wanting to give her a hug hello.

“How have you been?” he asked, taking another stab at a conversation. “I tried –”

“To message me? Yeah, you can stop that now,” she said coldly.

“You want to know about Hale, Lyris.” It was as if he knew her well enough to know what would stop her from walking away without having to physically restrain her. “I know exactly the type of person you are. You might’ve changed a bit, but there are some habits that stay with us, whether we like it or not.”

Heat rushed to her face and she clenched her fist to the side, trying not slap him for being so presumptuous. “You don’t know anything about me,” she spat.

“You’ve changed,” Bradley admitted, “but you’re not that much different from the Lyris that was in my room that day, digging in my closet. It’s in your nature to dig for everything and anything – even when you know it could possibly kill you once you found the truth.

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