Bed of Roses (Bouquet of Lies Duet: Book One) (A Curvy Girl Dark Romance Novel) by DV Fischer

Author:DV Fischer [Fischer, DV]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Divinus Kingdom Publishing, LLC
Published: 2024-04-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Tegan Adams

I gently wake and, with my eyes still closed, I nestle into my pillow and smile a little to myself. I haven’t slept this well since before my parents died. All night, I was inside a cocoon that was Cole. His arms were wrapped around me, keeping me warm and giving me a sense of safety. I didn’t dream about death. I didn’t wake to the sound of Neil’s ghost. My sleep was peaceful and undisturbed.

My smile fades because, even though Cole spent the night last night, he probably won’t tonight. This is temporary, I remind myself, because he and I are not a couple. He has no obligation toward me.

I had asked him to stay in a moment of weakness. I was exhausted and not thinking clearly, and by some miracle, he agreed to it. That doesn’t mean it’ll happen again. He took pity on me, knowing I was weary and running on little sleep.

“There’s nothing more happening between us,” I whisper to myself as I snuggle deeper into the pillow for comfort. Even though I know that, deep down, I want there to be something between us beyond some serious attraction, I can’t let myself have hope. I like Cole. He’s a good person underneath all that surliness and secrets that are probably so dark I can only guess at them. We may not have gotten along when we first met, but I quickly realized there was more to him than met the eye. Except, you know, the giant secret: his reason for going to prison.

That’s it though, isn’t it? Nothing can happen between two people where there’s a secret between them. And the fact that he hasn’t told me yet makes me believe that it’s bad. That it’s unthinkable. However, I do deserve to know who is fucking me on what seems to be a regular basis.

A little annoyed at my thoughts, I flop over and stare hard out the window. Fog has settled over the land, so much so that I can’t even see the tilting barn. No birds chirp. No horses neigh.

And Cole? He isn’t lying there, but somewhere in the house, I can hear him walking around. He’s probably working, and I find that I’m a little disappointed that he didn’t stick around in bed with me. But again, we aren’t anything. Not a couple. Likely just friends.

I flip on my back and drape an arm over my eyes. I’m an idiot. An idiot because that thought alone gives me horrible bad butterflies. They pang against the inside of my stomach, creating havoc on my emotions.

I breathe deep and exhale slowly. And then do it again. When I feel like I have a grip on myself, I drop my arm back to my side and fixate on my dresser.

On top of my dresser is the binder Cole found last night. I may have said that I’d turn it in to the cops, and I will, but I want to look through it first.

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