Bossy by Kim Linwood

Author:Kim Linwood [Linwood, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kim Linwood
Published: 2015-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

Claire

Guards and more police pass by without paying us more than the occasional glance. We probably look like innocent refugees from the fight, instead of the match that lit the whole damn thing on fire.

Declan grabs my arm. “Come on.” Dragging me behind him, he pushes the door open into an empty courtroom across the hall. The door slams shut behind us, and the sound of the chaos deadens to a muffled clamor.

He spins me to face him, then pins me up against the wall, dragging my hands above my head. I should push him away and remind him it’s over between us, but my blood is running hot after our escape, and the dark intensity of his eyes shows it’s the same for him.

“I’ve fucked up a lot of things. All my life. I don’t usually mean to, but it happens anyway. I’ve got no one to blame but myself.” He takes a deep breath. “I usually don’t care, but us? I don’t want to fuck this up. Please don’t let me fuck this up.”

My chest goes tight, constricting my heart, which is beating a mile a minute. “Declan... I don’t know. The two of us? It’s just so—”

His fingers tighten around my wrists, burning against my skin and holding me in place. “Please. Let me finish.”

I open my mouth to argue, but shut it again and nod. I should have listened to him the day of the wedding. Or answered one of his calls. Or swallowed my pride and gone to him.

His clear blue eyes hold me in place as firmly as his hands. I can see that this is difficult for him, and I’m not proud of it, but I’m glad it is.

Difficult means he cares.

“I can be a jerk. I know that, and it’s probably not going to change overnight.”

“This is you convincing me?

“This is me being honest. You want pretty and fake? That’s not me.”

“No! I want to believe you wouldn’t hurt me. I want to go back in time and not see you standing there watching my sex tape!” God, it hurts. I close my eyes at night and see that image in my head.

Him at the laptop with my video playing.

“You don’t think I want that too?” he shouts. “I want to kill your douchebag of an ex-boyfriend for even touching you, let alone filming it. You might not have noticed, but I don’t share well. I wasn’t watching, I was turning it off.” Declan’s voice vibrates with anger.

Heaven help me, I believe him. I look into his eyes, and I see a man tortured by my own pride. “I’m sorry,” I whisper.

He jerks back like I’ve slapped him. “I’m that hard to believe?”

“No, I mean, I’m sorry for running. I’m sorry for avoiding you. I’m just... sorry.”

Declan’s body relaxes slightly. “I didn’t make it easy on you, did I?”

“No,” I answer honestly. “But I should’ve at least listened.”

“So why did you come? You could’ve watched me make an ass out of myself on TV like you were supposed to.

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