Cross my Heart (Iris Boys Book 4) by Lucy Smoke

Author:Lucy Smoke [Smoke, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

“Harlow! Wake up!”

I jolted, my eyes slamming open as my chest heaved. My eyes darted around the brightly lit room. Over me, Grayson, Bellamy, Knix, Marv, and Texas stood—all of them with concern and worry written on their faces in various forms. I couldn’t stop it. I flung myself at the nearest one—Bellamy—as I began to sob.

I choked on my tears as I clung to his big broad shoulders. Even as I pressed my face against his neck and shut my eyes, I could feel the palpable confusion in the room. Bellamy moved me back onto the bed and sat back with me curled up in his lap as I cried. He patted my head, running his fingers through my hair.

“Harlow?” Marv’s voice was nearby, just to the side. I lifted my head and turned to meet his stormy gaze. “What happened?” he asked.

“I-I-I—” I couldn’t get the words out. They stuck in my throat, threatening to suffocate me.

“Was it a nightmare?” Knix asked as he moved close to Marv, bending down low so that I could meet his gaze as well.

I nodded.

“Do you want to tell us what it was about?” Grayson asked as he approached the bed.

He looked like he’d just gotten out of bed. Hell, I didn’t know how or if he’d heard me from the pool house, because just like everyone else, he was wearing pajamas. Noting my pointed look and confusion, he looked down at his sweatpants and wife beater before answering my unspoken question. “I was in the kitchen getting a glass of water,” he said. “No cups in the pool house.”

I sighed, rubbing my cheek against Bellamy’s broad chest. “Sorry,” I mumbled.

“It’s okay,” he assured me. “Do you want to talk about it?” he repeated.

I shook my head. I did, but I didn’t. I didn’t want them to know how scared I was that they would leave me. That was something a girl who was weaker than I was would be afraid of. I shouldn’t be scared of that. I should be more concerned with Teddi and Grayson and my mom and literally anything other than whether or not my freaking boyfriends were going to leave me or not.

“Princess…” I turned my head as Texas spoke. He reclined on the end of my bed, watching me with a soft smile. “Does this have anything to do with what you and Lizzie talked about today?”

I froze and then narrowed my eyes. “How do you know about that?” I asked suspiciously as my tears stopped and I sniffed hard.

He grinned, unabashed. “I may have texted her after you got home,” he answered. “You seemed a bit off at dinner. She told me about your worries.”

I blushed. That no good traitor, I thought.

“Don’t be mad at her,” Texas said, sensing my mood. “She’s a good friend.”

“A good friend wouldn’t have blabbed to one of my boyfriends,” I said with narrowed eyes.

“She would if she knew we could help reassure you.”

“Reassure her about what?” Marv demanded, sounding confused.

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