Beyond Beautiful by Heather MacKinnon

Author:Heather MacKinnon [MacKinnon, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-17T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Belle

Son of a bitch.

Fucking Sonia.

Fucking Remy.

And worst of all, fucking me.

Why had I opened my big mouth and lied to Sonia about Remy? Of course it would get back to him, eventually. With the amount of time he spent hanging around the gallery, I was surprised it had taken this long.

I hustled across the building, shooting polite smiles at the guests, but not stopping to talk to anyone. All I wanted to do was get to my office where I could finally take a deep breath. Where I could hopefully get Remy’s cologne off my skin. Where I could try to forget the way it felt being between his arms like that.

“Belle!”

My steps faltered, and I turned to find my best friend and her fiancé making their way through the crowd toward me. I pulled my lips into the best smile I could manage as they got closer.

“Hey, Bailey. Hey, Ryder. So glad you guys made it!”

Except, of course, they had shit timing.

Bay wrapped her arms around my shoulders and hugged me tight before passing me to Ryder.

“Of course we made it! We wouldn’t miss it! Sorry we’re so late though. I got stuck at work.”

I waved away her excuse as Ryder released me from his brief embrace. “Don’t worry about that. I’m just happy you’re here.”

And happy I had someone else to focus on besides the maddeningly sexy man who’d just called me out.

“Have you had a chance to look around yet?”

Bailey shook her head, her golden hair swishing around her shoulders. “No, not yet. We wanted to find you first.”

“Why don’t you guys take a lap around the room and I’ll find you in a little bit?”

The need to flee to the privacy of my office was still strong, and despite how happy I was to see Bailey and Ryder, I wanted to be alone. Where I could try to sort out the confusing mess Remy had made of my insides. Where I could figure out what my next step would be. Because despite the fact that I’d love to have just avoided him for the next year or so, we lived together and that wasn’t possible. Even if it was, I had a feeling Remy wouldn’t let me get away with that anyway.

“Hey, is that Remy over there?”

I closed my eyes briefly and let out a small breath. It was like there was no escaping this guy.

“Yeah, that’s him.”

Ryder grinned. “I’m gonna go say hi.”

As soon as he was gone, Bailey turned to me, suspicion creasing her pretty face. “What’s Remy doing here?”

I shrugged and did my best to hold her gaze. “He’s here for the opening, like you.”

Her eyes narrowed. “Did you invite him?”

“Of course. The more people here, the better, right?”

She pursed her lips as her eyes continued to scan my face. “Yeah, I guess. I’m just surprised. You’re having lunch with him, now he’s here at your opening night. I just hadn’t realized you guys were getting so close.”

I shrugged again. “It happens when you live with someone and see them every day I guess.

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