Burned: A Bad Boy Billionaire Romance (Lords of the City Book 3) by Alice Ward

Author:Alice Ward [Ward, Alice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: big city, billionaire romance, steamy sex, hot guys, cocky bad boy, secrets, alpha
Publisher: Alice Ward
Published: 2016-11-08T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

I slept fitfully, rolling around and kicking the blankets off, then stared at the dark wall. I fell asleep for a little bit only to repeat it all over again. I’d left the bedroom curtains open. Shadows from tree branches danced across the wall, shaking and rattling their way across the paint.

I couldn’t stop thinking about everything that had happened. First Seth’s mom and her flooded basement, his weird behavior at her house, then his dad showing up again, Seth coming to my place plastered. Were these events separate and unconnected, or was something else going on here?

I’d tried to give Seth space. I’d tried to let him do his own thing. I’d waited for him to come to me for help instead of offering it, but it was getting hard. When I saw something wrong, I had to fix it. That’s just the way it was with me. Fixing was my strength, the reason I owned my own home and business before turning twenty-five. Unfortunately, when it came to my personal relationships, it seemed that trait had no real place.

I rolled over, putting my back to the window, and sighed. It felt weird to be sleeping alone in bed. No Starlet. No Seth. Both of them were so close but untouchable.

Unable to take it anymore, I pulled on my slippers and climbed out of bed, checking the time on the alarm clock before I left. Two-thirty.

At least I didn’t have to be at work in the morning.

The downstairs was just as quiet as when I’d left it, the hall lamp still on but the corners shrouded in darkness. Going slowly, I crept past the living room and felt for the kitchen light switch.

The harsh glow filled the kitchen, revealing someone sitting in the breakfast nook. I gasped and then steadied myself against the door frame.

“You scared me,” I told Seth.

“Sorry. Did I wake you up?”

“No. I’ve been up for a while. I was just going to make some tea. You want some?”

“That sounds good, thanks.”

He propped his elbow on the table and rested his head in his hand. He seemed to have just been sitting there at the table. Was he still drunk, or now suffering from coming down?

“How are you feeling?”

“Pretty shitty.”

“Yeah,” I sympathetically said. “Sorry.”

I filled the teapot and set it to boil then got two mugs and tea bags down. Seth hadn’t moved from his spot, so I sat across from him, making sure to keep a careful distance. A new space had come between us when he walked into my house tonight. I didn’t know why, but it was there, changing everything. Something had happened to Seth.

Now would be about the time to talk about the whole drama… right? He seemed at least semi-sober.

But was there a point? Things just felt different, and when it came to anything to do with Seth’s dad, there was no getting anywhere. I’d probably have better luck driving upstate to talk to his mom.

All I could do was just sit here, with him.

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