Facing Us: A Contemporary Dark Romance (The District Book 1) by Nicci Harris

Author:Nicci Harris [Harris, Nicci]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-24T16:00:00+00:00

FOURTEEN: Blesk

I’ve never watched anyone sleep before. His eyes flicker around under his heavy lids, and his incredible mouth twitches every so often. I gently stroke his cheek then run my fingers through his hair. I study its exact shade. It’s light brown, the perfect kind of brown that flashes natural highlights in the sun. His cheeks are a little stubbly, and I think I like them that way. I use my finger to smooth out the frown he has fallen asleep with, but it quickly forms again. He’s a worrier.

We are sharing a pillow facing each other, our legs tangled together. We fell asleep talking. He babbled to me about his life, stories of snowboarding trips to Falls Creek, running amuck around The District when he was a teen, camping adventures, Bali holidays, and backpacking around Europe with a mate from New Zealand. I felt a sense of relief knowing his life has flourished.

He told me about the significance of the places he took me to yesterday, and all about Cassidy and Flick, and how they brought him out of his shell. He shared lessons the wise Ben Slater, his adoptive father, taught him, to help him learn from his past and use it to build strength in himself. He told me his mission is to make me fall in love with him, and that I don’t stand a chance.

Funny, as if I’m an opponent. How could he know that I am? If only he were just Konnor Slater. Yesterday we finished Liz and Deakon’s story together, and I played the part, and it was the most perfect day of my life. Yet when we went to sleep, and I heard him mumble, “I love you, Liz,” as he drifted off, the whole truth of this reality came crashing down on me. He loves Liz. Not me. I don’t want to be loved for another person, especially one I hate.

If only he loved Blesk, just Blesk. He doesn’t know anything about me: how I go off the deep end, how I can’t handle confrontation . . . how much his presence makes me dislike myself. He looks at me like I’m some kind of mythical creature, and I’m not; I am just plain old Blesk. Blesk, who does more damage than good. When Konnor looks at me, his eyes are unwavering, and there is too much pressure in them. He talks like our forever is set in stone. He is too much and so are his expectations of me. I tried to be who he wants me to be, but I’m not Liz. More than that, I don’t want to be. So, if being with him means being her, then I just . . . can’t.

Dearest Konnor,

Being with you is like living in a dream. Every moment we are together I feel like someone else. You are everything I dreamed you’d be, and then some. And most nights I did dream about you. Your life is beautiful and warm, just like you.

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