Fake Bride: A Fake Marriage Billionaire Romance (Forbidden First Times Book 2) by Sofia T Summers

Author:Sofia T Summers [Summers, Sofia T]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-07T16:00:00+00:00

17

Trudie

Red was looking like he’d gotten hit with a sack of bricks when I walked in, shaking a little as it sank in that Laird had kissed me in front of everyone. Even if ‘everyone’ was only Red, Jack, and a few other customers who didn’t seem to care all that much.

“Don’t you say a word,” I told Red sternly.

Jack just chuckled to himself and went upstairs with his coffee.

Red, who seemed to realize from my tone that I was serious, didn’t say anything. He actually listened to me for once and just kept quiet about it.

“I don’t know what to do,” I admitted.

Red nodded. “That’s okay.”

“I don’t… I haven’t… told you much about myself,” I started.

“Trust me,” Red said dryly, “we noticed.”

“It’s because I had to flee my last life.” I couldn’t bring myself to tell Red everything, but I had to talk to someone about how I was feeling with Laird and that meant I had to tell them about Pete, or at least a bit about it. And I trusted Red. “I was in an abusive relationship, and I was scared for my life. And… Laird isn’t anything like him. I think about all the fear I used to carry around, and how I got so used to it, and it seems crazy that I don’t feel that way about Laird, like it’s too good to be true. And that makes it hurt all the more because this is fake. It feels too good to be true because it is too good to be true.”

Red looked out the window, as if he could still see Laird standing there. “I don’t know, that goodbye kiss felt pretty real to me.”

“But it’s just… us practicing so that we can be comfortable with doing it when we’re with his family. And so that we don’t forget to touch each other and act like a couple around them.”

Red gave me a shrewd look. “I know that you need the money, and obviously I think this whole thing is hilarious, but are you sure that this is the best thing for you? It sounds like you’re falling for Laird for real. Which I’m all for, sure, but…”

“I don’t know.” I wanted someone as sweet and thoughtful as Laird. I certainly wanted someone I was as addicted to as him when it came to sex. I’d had no idea that sex could be this good, and I had forgotten what it felt like to feel this safe with someone—or perhaps I had never known. But this was all fake for him.

I didn’t know what to do, and I was running out of time. We were leaving for Ireland tomorrow.

“Well…” Red shrugged. “If nothing else, you’re learning what it’s like to be in a good relationship? You’re learning what you want when you’re with someone? We can fall into bad patterns easily, and you might’ve found someone who was like your awful ex. But now you know what it’s like to be with Laird and you’ll be ready to find someone like that for real.

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