Happily Ever Alpha: Until Avery (Kindle Worlds Novella) (The Carpinos Series Book 4) by Brynne Asher

Author:Brynne Asher [Asher, Brynne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-04-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9 – Because of Me

hurt, pain, heartbreak…

then it ends

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I wanted to take her to my house, but she insisted on going to her apartment. I’m not a one-hundred-and-ten-pound woman who was attacked, man-handled, and scared out of her mind. She wanted to be in her own space, so I gave her what she needed.

I ordered what I’ve learned is one of her favorite meals—shrimp tacos, guac, and a shit-ton of chips and salsa. She picked at it for almost an hour while sitting in front of the TV doing her damnedest to avoid me, but she did fix herself a whole bowl of ice cream with a banana cut up on top, covered in strawberry jam and chocolate chips. Then she stirred that shit up ‘til it looked like muck and ate it all. I’ve never seen such a thing.

When I tried to break the silence by asking her why she’d eat that after giving me shit for all the sugar I put in my coffee, she bluntly informed me the jam was sugar-free and the chocolate chips were organic. Later, I tried again and asked if she wanted to call her parents and tell them what happened. I asked her over and over to talk to me. I asked if there was a friend she wanted me to call, because during our short time together, I hadn’t met anyone in her life outside of the Maysons.

Every verbal answer she offered was a resounding no and every nonverbal cue she radiated said stay the fuck away.

Then she informed me she had no need for a babysitter and told me to leave. That was the longest string of words she’d spoken to me since I got to Nico’s this afternoon.

Not a good sign.

I told her there’s no fucking way I was leaving—though I left out the fucking part—and she proceeded to turn her attention back to The Voice. She dedicated herself to three episodes without once giving me a glance, focusing like she’d be tested at the end and her life depended on the correct answers.

We sat there without speaking a word as the fall winds whipped up one hell of a storm. The weather outside became a parallel universe to the atmosphere in her small apartment—thunder and lightning surrounding us violently.

I had no choice but to dedicate my night to studying her—wondering what I could do to get her to talk, if I needed to go behind her back to call her family, or if another banana split stirred up in a bowl might make her happy.

Just when I was about desperate enough to head to the freezer, she picked up the remote and flipped off the TV. Without looking at me, she headed for her bedroom where I’ve joined her the last few nights for nothing but sleep.

Watching her walk away from me cut deep. In that moment, I could take no more.

“Avery,” I call for her.

She stops at the door to her bedroom, resting her hand on the door jamb and sighs.

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