Endeared (The Accidental Billionaires) by J. S. Scott

Author:J. S. Scott [Scott, J. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-05T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

LAYLA

I swiped a tear from my cheek right after I’d pulled into Owen’s driveway and turned off the motor.

Maybe it wasn’t wise that I’d continued on to Owen’s house after I’d talked to him.

I was feeling emotional, and that probably wasn’t a good state of mind for me to be in when I was around him.

The truth was, I had wanted to see him, even though I was feeling sad. He was the one person who would almost always understand, and if he didn’t get the reason that I was upset, he’d stubbornly keep trying.

Owen makes me . . . happy.

Maybe I wasn’t always willing to admit that to myself, but right now, I was really tired of telling myself that Owen was nothing but a friend.

We connected on a level beyond friendship, beyond anything I’d ever experienced before or probably ever would.

Dammit! I knew this would happen! I knew I’d fall hard for him.

And I had fallen, regardless of the fact that Owen and I had conformed to an unspoken rule not to get too physically close again.

I was in love with the stubborn man, whether I wanted to admit it to myself or not.

Every part of my soul was demanding that I reach out for what I wanted.

I grabbed my cell phone from the seat, hesitating a moment to open my Not-Just-A-Hookup app and read the last words I’d gotten from Dark almost a week ago.

We still only talked in generalizations, and we’d only checked in with each other briefly a few times, but for some reason, his words spoke to me like he knew me.

But that’s impossible, right? He doesn’t know me.

Once or twice, I’d actually convinced myself that I was talking to Owen, but then I’d discounted the whole idea. What were the chances that he and I would find each other on a program being tested out all over the country?

I looked at Dark’s last comment.

Dark: Don’t sell yourself short, Dreamer. Whatever happened, whatever you did, it’s past history. You’re a woman any guy would be lucky to have. Don’t judge yourself by the past. You aren’t that person anymore. Give yourself kudos for coming so far instead of looking at all of the things you might have screwed up in the past.

I sighed as I clicked out of the app again.

Dark was right. I wasn’t the person I’d been years ago. Not even close. Yet I was still blaming myself, and continuing to be ashamed of what I’d done a long time ago.

I thought I’d gotten over all that, until I’d seen Owen again.

Now, it would kill me to see a disappointed look on his face when he turned that sexy green-eyed gaze in my direction.

I lowered the visor and swiped at the little streaks of mascara that had melted onto my cheeks when I’d cried out all my sorrow about never seeing Brutus again.

Smudge-proof mascara my ass!

The one time I’d tested my makeup, it had failed me.

I quickly slammed the mirrored sun shield back up and opened the car door.

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