Bossing My Friend: A Best Friends To Lovers Romance by Suzanne Hart

Author:Suzanne Hart [Hart, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781980989950
Published: 2018-05-02T18:30:00+00:00

Elsie

I was sad. The last time I was this sad was ten years ago. And it was the same person’s fault.

I spent the rest of the night in the spare bedroom and didn’t come out till daybreak the next day. I was hoping to leave the cabin while Jared was still asleep. I didn’t want to see him again. But he caught me leaving. He was already up when I stepped out of the cabin.

Jared was sitting on the front porch with a mug of coffee in his hand. I stopped in my tracks when I saw him. He’d taken me by surprise.

He was in a pair of pajama pants and an old t-shirt. I could see his biceps bulging, the stretch of the material over his wide chest and shoulders. His usually neatly styled hair was rumpled and messy. His gray eyes looked tired and his stubble had gotten thicker.

“There’s coffee for you in the kitchen if you want it,” he told me as I stood some distance from him. I was at the top of the steps, just a few feet away from the rented car. So close to freedom.

This would have been a whole lot easier if I could have escaped without seeing him again.

“I’m fine, thanks,” I said curtly and looked down at my feet.

“Take care of yourself, Elsie,” he told me in a deep, calm voice. That sadness fell like a rock over me again. Even just hearing his voice had that effect on me. I knew I was leaving behind a part of me in Vermont. One I would never get back.

All these years of waiting and wondering and hoping…it was all squashed. Now I knew that Jared had never wanted me. I meant nothing to him. I wished he’d never come back into my life.

I would have been much happier just day-dreaming about him instead.

“You too,” I said meekly.

I turned and bounded down the steps. I threw my bag in the car and got in. As I rolled down my windows, I saw Jared stand up from his chair. He placed his mug on the ledge and watched me intently.

I stared at him for a few moments before I started the car. That image of Jared on his cabin porch would always stay with me. He looked handsome in the morning sunlight, surrounded by the wilderness. He looked peaceful and calm.

I wasn’t lying when I told him I was proud of him. He’d achieved great things in his life. He’d gone against all the odds life handed to him and made something of himself. I couldn’t just stop loving him. But I would have to get over it and move on.

I started the car and reversed out of the driveway. In the rearview mirror, I could see him looking at the car as I drove away. Out of his sight, I allowed myself to cry. I would never see him again.

Jared Morin was the love of my life and I was driving away from him.

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