Bound in Darkness by Nicole Edwards

Author:Nicole Edwards [Edwards, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Nicole Edwards

Bijou watched Oliver leave the sunroom, head hanging low as he made his way down the hallway to the back stairs. He seemed different to her. Where she’d previously seen life, now only exhaustion resided. Though it had been but a few weeks since their falling-out, it felt like an eternity, and that familiar ache intensified in her chest.

It was her chance, she knew. An opportunity to confront him, to tell him she was sorry for everything that had happened, and ask him to forgive her.

His footsteps sounded in the stairwell, then on the floor above her, moving down the hall to his—

Before she knew what she was doing, Bijou vanished her corporeal form, then resumed it on the second floor in front of his bedroom door. Oliver started, his head jerking upward, eyes wide when they landed on her.

“I’m sorry,” she said quickly, then realized it sounded like she was apologizing for startling him. “Not for this. Well, yes, this, too. But more…” Inhale, exhale. Slow and steady. “I wanted to apologize for my actions of late.”

Oliver’s dark eyebrows lowered. “Actions?”

Bijou waved in the direction of the pool. “You know, when I made you … do what you did.”

His laugh was strong but lacked any amusement. “You didn’t make me do anything, Bijou. What happened… It was a mistake.”

Ouch. No denying that hurt.

However, she had to agree with him. Not because she hadn’t wanted it to happen. Or because she didn’t secretly wish it would happen again. But what transpired between them had set the course for the destruction of their friendship. And that was her fault. She had pushed him that night, begged, pleaded. He probably believed she would’ve done that regardless of who she’d been with, but that wasn’t true. Bijou had wanted Oliver that night, had seen it as an opportunity to bring them closer.

It had been wrong of her, she knew that now. Oliver hadn’t wanted to take their friendship to another level, and she’d assumed he would if she simply made a move. Lessons learned.

“Can you forgive me?”

His eyes raked over her face. “Nothing to forgive.”

Not sure what she was doing, Bijou took a step forward. “I’d like us to be friends.”

“We are friends,” he countered.

“I want to be friends like we were before. Not the kind who avoid each other.”

“I’m not avoid—”

Bijou held up her hand. “Let’s not pretend. It’s a waste of time for both of us. I’m apologizing to you, Oliver. I owe you that much. If you don’t want to be friends, I get it. I totally do.”

His mouth opened, closed.

She waited, hoping he would say something to clear the air between them. She could tell he had something he wanted to say.

When the silence grew painful between them, Bijou offered a smile. “Anyway. That’s what I wanted to say. I’m sorry. Really sorry, Oliver.”

Stepping to the side, she moved around him and started toward her bedroom.

“Hey, Bijou?”

Her heart leaped into her throat and she managed to turn around. “Yeah?”

“You

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