Fragile Heart by D.C. Kile

Author:D.C. Kile [Kile, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-07-06T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Quinn

“Um, hi,” I say quietly as I walk up to my front door and see Hudson sitting against it with his eyes closed. He doesn’t move, so I squat down next to him and gently shake his shoulder. “Hudson.”

His body jolts, and his eyes fly open. He looks around to get his bearings before his pretty blue eyes finally land on me. I smile. “Whatcha doing here?”

He clears his throat. “I was waiting for you. You weren’t at the diner, and Holly wouldn’t tell me where you were.” A wave of warmth rolls through me. He couldn’t find me, so he waited? Hudson Porter waited for me? “And you didn’t answer my texts.” I wince. I hadn’t expected anyone to try to get ahold of me today, so I turned my phone off. Today is always emotional for me, and sometimes I just need to disconnect from my everyday life and check in with my emotions.

“Oh, sorry about that. I had my phone off for most of the day.” His eyes search my face trying to figure something out.

“Is everything ok?” he finally asks.

I nod. “Yeah. You wanna come in?” He stands, and I unlock the door. He follows me in, shutting the door behind him. I set my bag on the table and turn to face him. He looks confused and, if I’m not mistaken, a little hurt which I’ve never seen on Hudson before.

“You can sit.” I point to the couch. “I’m going to grab some water. Do you want anything?”

“A water is fine.” I take the few steps to my kitchen and get us two glasses of water, noticing that something feels off between us. Almost awkward. We haven’t been like that since the morning he woke up in my apartment after I dragged him home from the bar.

When I come back, Hudson hasn’t turned the TV on like he normally does when he comes over. Another indicator that something is wrong. I hand him his glass and sit down next to him.

“Are you mad at me?” he finally asks.

I choke on my water, confused about why he would think that. “No, why would I be mad at you?”

“Because of yesterday. I didn’t realize the scenes we were filming would be so intimate.” He pauses like he isn’t sure if he should continue. “I didn’t want to make you feel uncomfortable. Vaughn mentioned you left in a hurry.”

“Oh.” I feel the blush creep up my cheeks. I silently curse Vaughn for giving me away. Does Hudson know that I’ve developed feelings for him beyond our friendship? Have I made it that obvious? “It’s ok. I just wasn’t expecting it. It was fun to see the set and everything. Thank you for inviting me.” I try to brush away the awkwardness. I know how I feel about Hudson, but he hasn’t said anything about his own feelings. I can only assume this is one-sided because I would never expect someone like him to fall for someone like me.

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