Harlow (The Hastings Series Book 2) by Vanessa Sienna

Author:Vanessa Sienna [Sienna, Vanessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Hunter

I had already slipped under the covers when Harlow came into the bedroom. She was wearing a long-sleeved shirt which she always wore to bed. It was too big on her and I wondered if it was just Jagger’s. But then, even for Jagger, it would be too big.

“It’s Dean’s,” she said quietly, noticing me staring at her shirt. I looked up at her, furrowing my brows in confusion.

“Why do you have that?” I asked, reaching for her hand and pulling her onto the bed next to me. She didn’t hesitate but slid right under the covers next to me and snuggled up to my side. “I found it some years ago in a box we had lying around the house. Not sure why I kept it.”

I cupped the side of her head with my left hand and held her close to my body with my other arm wrapped around her back. Of course, I didn’t have an explanation for that either.

“It’s just a sweatshirt,” I said, thinking that I just stated the obvious, but she was probably thinking too much into it. Harlow nodded and turned her head to look up at me.

“When’s your birthday?” she asked, changing the subject smoothly but bringing up something I’d rather not talk about.

“Not sure,” I admitted, hoping this conversation would be over already. With a confused look on her face, she pushed herself up to look down at me.

“What do you mean you don’t know?”

I shrugged, not meeting her eyes. “You think my parents left anything at the orphanage when they dropped me off there?” That came out a little harsh and I wished I had my temper under control. At least with Harlow. But as always, she stayed calm, trying to keep the conversation going without making me mad.

“So then…if they didn’t leave any sort of birth certificate, how did you get your name?” she asked, and it was a legitimate question. I didn’t give her much information other than my parents not leaving anything behind when they abandoned me.

Taking a deep breath, I prepared myself for what came next. “When they brought me to the orphanage, they had put a note inside the blanket I was wrapped in. The name Hunter was written on it, but I doubt that was the name they picked out for me. Who the fuck names their kid Hunter? Besides, there were no records in any hospital for a mother who birthed a baby named like that.”

I was already starting to get angry, just remembering my past.

“I like it. I think it fits you,” Harlow said with a smile, brushing some of my hair off my forehead. “And what about your last name?” She didn’t linger too long on mt last answer.

“Kane is Bliss’s last name. I didn’t have any real identity, so they chose to give me the same name as her.”

Harlow’s smile never faded, and I could almost read her mind. She thought it was a good idea that they had given me Bliss’s last name since we got to the orphanage on the same day.

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