Crazy Love by Michelle Pace

Author:Michelle Pace [Pace, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-02-17T10:00:00+00:00

Trip’s revelation seemed to suck the oxygen out of the atmosphere surrounding the three of us. The endless implications spiraled in my mind, but my feet seemed to have a mind of their own, and they carried me toward Sam. He hadn’t moved or blinked, and his face set in a disbelieving frown. I was irrationally terrified that he might stay frozen that way forever.

A tear slipped down Trip’s cheek, and he aggressively swiped at it with his arm. His labored breathing was the only sound breaking the maddening silence. I wanted to take some action, to say something diplomatic to them both, but I wasn’t equipped. As well read as I was, I’d never reached the section in Emily Post that advised what to say when your fake boyfriend’s brother (whom you lust after) finds out he’s a bastard.

Sam blew out a slow breath and walked right past Trip to the railing overlooking the river. He gripped it with both hands as if it were his sanity he was trying to hold onto. All the while, the frown he wore hadn’t moved a fraction of an inch. Trip glanced unhappily at me and then joined Sam. He seemed to steel himself, prepared to wait patiently for whatever fallout was coming. I stepped up to the rail and turned, leaning my elbow on it. I stared intently at them both and realized their profiles looked nothing alike. Their speech patterns, hair color, eye color, and smiles were practically identical, but everything else about them was wildly different. It was a marvel how quickly the simple power of suggestion had affected my perception of their resemblance.

“Wakefield outed the affair at my engagement party. I’m not sure what he said to Daddy exactly, but he more than implied he’d slept with Cosmo. I have no idea why he chose that night to tell him, or what brought it about. I might have never known about it at all, but I just happened to notice Daddy gone from the party and went looking for him. When I found him in his study, he was drinking scotch directly from the bottle.” Trip took a drag from his cigarette, his eyes never leaving the river. “He kept pacing back and forth, completely fired up. Spouting off about defending Mama’s ‘good name’ and that sort of thing. He told me he wanted to go to Wakefield’s hotel and kick his ass. I tried to talk him out of it; I really did. I told him it was all total bullshit, that the dick was just a jealous nobody with some old axe to grind. But he’d have none of it. He was already drunk, and I’d never seen him so…crazed. It was pretty clear he was going with or without me, so I had no choice. I went along as the designated driver. My phone kept on buzzing the entire way there. I’d left the party without a word to Violet, and she kept calling and texting me.

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