Can't Get Enough by Yahrah St. John

Author:Yahrah St. John
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yahrah St. John
Published: 2015-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

REESE

“Why the emergency meeting?” Layla asks me over a hastily arranged breakfast at an out-of-the-way café. “I have a meeting in a couple of hours with Tara, Jim and Roman.”

“I know, but I need to talk to you, to someone.”

“About?”

“About everything. Evan. Blake. All of it.”

Layla frowns at the mention of Blake’s name. “What does he have to do with it?”

I glance around to make sure no one can hear us. “Ever since he ambushed me at lunch a few days ago, I can’t get him off my mind,” I announce unceremoniously.

“What? When did this happen? Why is this the first time I’m hearing about this?”

I shrug. “Because … Evan has been watching me like a hawk since, well since our relationship took an unexpected turn.”

“How so?”

How much do I tell my girl? Certain things should be private between a man and a woman, but then again, Layla has always been my sounding board. And I need some words of wisdom. Since that day at the restaurant, Blake has been relentless in his pursuit of me. If I had just gotten up and left, I would have … avoided this? I doubt that, my inner voice says. Somehow, I feel our meeting was inevitable.

“Spill,” Layla presses.

I inhale deeply. “You know he’s been calling me nonstop asking me to meet him, talk to him.”

“And that finally happened?”

I nod.

“You and Blake have been over for a long time, and you’re engaged to Evan. How did Blake get in your head?”

“Because I’ve never really gotten over him!” I yell. Several patrons stare at us after my loud display of emotion. Layla is stunned into silence, so I continue talking. “I thought I had, but seeing him again opened up all these old wounds that I thought were closed. And I’m not sure I can see him alone. I’m not sure I trust myself around him.”

“But he hurt you. Broke your heart,” Layla comments incredulously.

I glance up with tears in my eyes. “Don’t you think I know that? I remember the pain of losing him like it was yesterday. Do you know how much it kills me that he might still have this much power over me?”

“But it appears that it’s not that he ‘might.’ He does,” she answers.

I nod as tears fall down my cheeks. “Knowing he’s back has been playing havoc with my emotions causing all sorts of memories of the time we spent together to come tumbling back.”

Layla frowns. “How?” she asks.

“A few nights ago when I was with Evan, I let things get pretty hot and heavy between us. I think I was trying to exorcise the memory of Blake from my mind, and I did for those moments. Evan is amazing. I mean I never saw him like that—so needy, so driven to make, well to please me.” I cough and reach for my water glass and take a sip. “But if I’m honest, Blake’s been haunting me in my dreams. And I feel terrible for using Evan in that way.

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