Falling for Fallon (Oak Hill Series Book 2) by S.J. Sylvis

Author:S.J. Sylvis [Sylvis, S.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Fallon

“Alright, that’s enough for tonight. I’m going to be so tired tomorrow!” Ivy said as she pulled herself off the couch.

I glanced down at my phone and saw that it was after midnight. “Jeez. How is it midnight?” I asked, stretching my legs out in front of me.

Ivy looked over at me, a dead serious expression on her face. “I’m telling you right now that Supernatural is addicting.”

I laughed out loud. “I think you’re right.”

Dawson and Ivy both stood up, and I went to do the same. I needed to leave. I’d already been there for several hours.

Earlier, while I was debating on texting Emmett (since I’d been ignoring him for the past few days, conflicted about what had happened and what was said the night of the gala), I saw Derek’s car pull up in front of my parents’ house. I panicked. I didn’t want to see him, especially not after how we—I mean, how I—left things after we parted ways the other night. After the whole thing with Emmett sweeping me off my feet, first with a taco and then with his mouth, I went back down to the gala with a flushed face and tiny beads of sweat decorating my cleavage. I tried to act completely normal for the rest of the evening, but it didn’t work—not even in the slightest. At one point during the guest speaker’s long and painfully boring speech, Derek had rested his hand on my thigh. I instantly jumped and hastily announced that I had to go to the restroom. I was pulling away from the man I was supposed to marry, because I felt guilty about what I’d done with Emmett in the hallway.

Or should I say, what he did to me.

I didn’t regret it. No way.

But I did have mixed feelings about it.

Derek could sense that something was off, which was probably why he was so touchy-feely for the remainder of the evening. He had touched me in subtle, gentle ways, and I had instantly panicked and pulled back. When he rode back with me in his town car to drop me off at home, he glanced over at me with those steely eyes and asked, “Did you think about what I said? Are you backing out? Is that why you’re being so distant?”

I tried to laugh. “Distant? As opposed to what? We’ve never been super affectionate, Derek.”

He shook his head and looked away, flexing that jaw. He messed with the bow tie around his neck, loosing it ever so slightly. “I was trying to rectify that tonight, but you’ve been very standoffish. Jumping when I’d brush a finger along your skin, running off to the bathroom to avoid me, and willingly putting yourself in a conversation so you could pretend you were busy. I asked you to think it over, and if you’re backing out, then so be it. I just need to know… now. Before we get too invested in this.”

I gulped and looked out the car window, gazing at the house I grew up in.

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