Forbidden Three: A Blakely After Dark Novella (The Forbidden Series Book 4) by Kira Blakely

Author:Kira Blakely [Blakely, Kira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Danielle

I let us into the villa and walk past the sofa and—wait, what?

I stop dead in my tracks. “That’s—what?” The sofa has been exchanged with another one. This one is forest green and leather. “What happened?”

“They obviously realized they needed to clean up in here,” Joey says.

“Wow.” But sofa exchanges are the least of my worries. I march across the boards and into my bedroom. The bed is already made, though I left it a mess this morning, and the windows are open, the curtains hanging either side, touched every now and again by the breeze.

I drag open the top drawer of my dresser, ignoring my reflection in the mirror above it, and bring out the small pieces that I packed for this trip. Personal things, like underwear and bras, though I haven’t used them since I’ve been here, and my journal.

In its pages are countless fantasies about loving Holden, living with him, being with him. Being a second mother to his daughter.

I’ll miss Jessie. Obviously, I can’t go back to the house and see her again.

That’s going to break me up inside, but it’s what’s best for her.

I bend and grab my little carry-on bag from under the dresser, then dump it on the bed. I follow that up by tossing the other stuff down next to it. I’m not angry at anyone but myself.

I’ve ruined everything.

I should never have come to Mystique. I’ve tossed so much out of the window just because I had a proverbial itch to scratch.

Idiot, idiot, idiot.

“Dani, stop.” Joey grabs my wrists and drags me around the side of the bed, toward him. I’ve done my best to ignore his presence. To pretend he doesn’t exist so I can keep a clear head while I pack.

It’s not working.

“I have to go. It’s the right thing to do,” I say.

“No, it’s not.” His grip bites into my wrists. It hurts a little, but I don’t care. He’s touching me, and I love that. I love that even though I shouldn’t.

God, I’m such a fucking mess.

“I’m falling for you,” he says.

“What? How? We don’t know each other. It’s been a few days.”

“You can’t tell me you don’t feel the connection between us,” he replies, probing me with that ocean gaze. He’s so clear about what he wants, and I envy that. “I don’t care if it’s crazy. I’m fucking crazy. I always have been. I’ve been living an empty life without you in it. I thought I had it all, Dani. I thought my life was the best life. Fucking whenever I want, drinking, eating out. But I have no home. I have no soul. Not without you in my life.”

“I can’t be your soul,” I say. “I can’t be your soul because I still love Holden, too.”

“I don’t fucking care.” He shakes as he says it. Shakes so hard that I tremble along with him. “I don’t fucking care if you love him, too. All I want is you. If I lose you because I’m too stubborn to admit that you love him and he loves you, I’ll never forgive myself.

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