Cards of Love_Wheel of Fortune by Ella Fox

Author:Ella Fox [Fox, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-04T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Jackson

By the time Madam Aria was finished explaining about us being devoted souls, Chloe looked shell shocked.

She looked over at me as if in a daze. “You believe this?”

At some point during Aria’s explanation I’d taken Chloe’s right hand into mine and linked our fingers together. I gently squeezed to comfort her as I nodded. “After the reading with Aria when I was thirteen, I started paying attention, and when I did things got a lot clearer. I’d always known that I tried to get your attention and approval, but other than understanding that I had a crush on you, I didn’t fully get why I felt so strongly about it. The harder I tried, the more spectacularly I failed. Alec started insisting that I must’ve been repeatedly dropped on the head as a child because when it came to you I refused to give up.

“Once Aria told me how connected we were it all made sense. How even when I would pull your braid and you’d holler at me, I always felt more comfortable when you were close. I’ve never cared about anyone the way I care about you.”

Her eyes filled with tears and her lower lip wobbled. “I… I don’t know why. I was so mean.”

“There are many things Chloe has to tell you, Jackson. You have much to talk about tonight, but I promise it will be worth it,” Aria said kindly.

Chloe blushed and looked away as she grumbled something about sounding stupid. Aria made a hmph noise.

“You’ll come to understand that there is nothing you can’t tell your other half. Your souls connect at the deepest level, and the love between you is unconditional. Nothing bad will ever come from honesty between the two of you.”

When she finished speaking, Aria stood. “Although there’s nothing as exciting as the two of you to look forward to for the rest of the evening I do have more readings scheduled so I must bid you adieu.”

After we said our goodbyes and left the tent, I felt as if a weight had been lifted from my entire being. Eight years had passed since the night Aria told me that Chloe and I were connected, so I’d had plenty of time to wrap my head around it. So while I was relieved that everything was finally out in the open, I could see that Chloe was overwhelmed. She needed to be put at ease and I instinctively knew how to do that. Reaching out, I took her hand in mine as we walked. The instant we were connected I felt some of her tension— and mine—ease.

She made a sound of frustration as she stared at our hands. “How did I not notice this before?”

I shrugged. “It’s like Aria said— sometimes we ignore things that are right in front of us because we aren’t ready to deal with it.”

Chloe stopped walking and gestured with her head toward something in the distance. Following the gesture, I saw Alec and Caroline were about seventy feet away at the bushel basket toss booth.

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