Forbidden: A Student Teacher Romance by Amanda Heartley

Author:Amanda Heartley [Heartley, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New adult romance, coming of age, Contemporary Romance, erotic romance
Publisher: Cheeky Books Ltd
Published: 2017-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Carla

I watched Kellan go with a mixture of disappointment and relief. On one hand, I was disappointed our pleasant Sunday brunch had been so rudely interrupted. On the other, I was glad he wouldn’t be around to endure another moment of Selena’s insincere schmoozing. Seeing our waiter, I flagged him down to ask for the check. But when he arrived, uniformly handsome like all the other sleek, suave waiters at Empanadas, Selena ordered two more Mimosas instead.

“Selena,” I whined, only half-joking.

My former assistant pretended to be chagrined. “Just give me a few more minutes, Carla,” she insisted.

“What for?” I spat, finding it impossible to hide my irritation.

Selena batted her thick eyelashes, all too naturally, and smothered my hand on top of the table with her own. “I do feel terrible for what happened, and I’d like to make it up to you.”

I scoffed openly. “What, by letting me buy you a Mimosa?” We both laughed and the sudden outburst seeming to ease the tension between us.

Part of the reason Selena’s abrupt departure had cut so deeply was that it felt personal. Selena had been there from the beginning, toiling away over Styrofoam cups and fast food wrappers as we struggled to open Miami Models and make our mark on the South Beach scene.

We’d endured countless difficulties, triumphs and setbacks along the way. We’d shared numerous early mornings, endless days and late nights struggling to carve out our place in the crowded Miami marketplace. It was hard not to grow close to someone you’d spent so much time with, harder still to feel the sting of betrayal when the “friendship” ended so suddenly.

Selena hadn’t just left me in the lurch—she’d left me for Florida Faces, my biggest competitor. It was like finding out your sister was cheating with your husband. Thanks to Kellan, I’d managed to not only overcome the betrayal, but put it behind me. Now here it sat, young, beautiful and smiling—and ordering free drinks on my tab.

“Selena,” I said, gently sliding my hand out from beneath my former assistant’s palm. “What’s done is done. What you did to me, and the way you did it, can never be forgiven. It was inexcusable, but I’ve moved on. And so should you…”

Just as I went to get up, the waiter reappeared, blocking my escape and setting down two giant Mimosas in Empanada’s trademark oversized champagne flutes.

Selena smiled triumphantly. “There,” she said, holding up her glass as the waiter disappeared without the check. “At least do me the honor of sharing a drink with me, and let me apologize until it’s through.”

Still tempted to toss back my champagne and walk out, leaving Selena with the bill, I nodded instead. There was a part of me that wanted to hear what Selena had to say. There was a part of me that wanted to believe it had all been some giant mistake, a misunderstanding and not some nefarious scheme.

It was less for Selena’s benefit than my own. Kellan had been a

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