Bold by Jennifer Michael

Author:Jennifer Michael [Michael, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Jennifer Michael
Published: 2018-01-13T16:00:00+00:00

Noah

In the one hundred thirty-two hours and thirty-four minutes since I read the letter from my mother, I’ve had time to cool down. During the first twenty-four hours, I didn’t want to think about it. I wanted to push it so far from my mind that I could somehow forget that I had even been brought into this world by that person. The fakest smile was plastered on my face while I pretended I didn’t know the truth. Brazen saw right through me. Once he pushed me to face the reality, I broke down.

I tried to rationalize what she had done. I made excuses and searched for redemption where there wasn’t any. Brazen listened to me ramble on like a crazy woman. Then, I got pissed. There was so much venom running through my veins, I wanted to drive straight to Seattle and confront my mom right then and there. I wanted to out her. I wanted to look her in the eyes when I spoke my own truth. I wasn’t going to be a coward, writing things down in a letter. I wanted her to hear from my mouth what she’d done to me. Brazen calmed my hostile mood swing.

Then, I didn’t even want to get out of bed. Every thought was all-consuming. Every action was crippling. I cried until there weren’t any tears left. Brazen was my strength and helped me find the will to understand I was stronger than the words she had written to me.

My father abandoned me before I was even born, and I’m named after the man.

For life, I’m connected to a man I’ve never met and probably never will.

I wasn’t enough for my mother. I became a burden, one that held her back from life and love. I needed the essentials of life, but she only saw me as a way to fill a hole inside her. Does the man she holds so high on a pedestal really know the manipulative, narcissistic woman he married?

Denial. Bargaining. Anger. Depression.

Yet I haven’t completely reached acceptance.

Not of her, that woman who was supposed to be my mother.

But I have found recognition for what I feel in my heart for Brazen.

The last five days have been a roller coaster, but today is a new day, and as I knock on Brazen’s door, I am completely resolved in my plan. I smooth my dress and fiddle with my hair. He opens the door with a smile, and I struggle not to literally fall head over heels at the sight. What I feel for him is strong and seemingly not going anywhere. Our connection only gets mightier, and we become more interlinked with one another.

“Hi.” Even my voice sounds goofy.

“Hi,” he playfully mocks as he holds the door open for me.

“I have something for you,” I tell him.

“Oh, yeah? What is it?” He kisses my neck while I walk deeper into the house.

“Follow me, and I’ll show you.” I head for his bedroom with him hot on my heels and his lips still grazing my skin.

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