Having it All (Seattle Whalers Hockey Romance) by Emily Bunney

Author:Emily Bunney [Bunney, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781644503645
Publisher: 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.
Published: 2022-04-04T18:30:00+00:00

13

Lana

There’s a reason this movie has been sitting on my watch list for so long. It’s absolutely terrifying. I love a good scare as much as the next person, but this movie is all kinds of fucked up, and before I can stop myself, I’m snuggling into Alex’s side and watching it through my fingers. Every time the creepy girl with the long black hair and bloody fingernails crawls out of the TV, I squeak and hide my face.

After a particularly harrowing scene, I feel Alex laughing next to me, his body shaking slightly against my cheek.

“What’s so funny?” I ask, a little indignantly.

“Number one, I can’t believe you haven’t seen this movie. It’s really old.” He chuckles. “And number two, I thought you liked scary movies, but you’ve been hiding your eyes through most of it.”

“Okay, fair point about the age of the movie, but I do like horror,” I reply, sitting up and hitting pause on the remote so I can talk without the creepy girl suddenly popping out of the TV. “I just prefer a good serial killer or vampire. This movie is completely fucked up! I’ll never be able to fall asleep with the TV on ever again.”

Alex just laughs loudly and pulls me in for a hug, pressing me against his muscular chest. “I’ll protect you, firecracker.”

I know his words are meant to be comforting, but suddenly I’m finding it difficult to concentrate on anything other than his huge hand resting on my hip, his clean soap scent, and the feel of the soft cotton shirt under my cheek. I never felt this comfortable with Etienne; even when things were good between us, there was always an edge, a tense undercurrent. At first, I put it down to sexual chemistry, but later I realized it was my fear. My fear of upsetting or annoying him to the point where he’d flip out and either verbally or sometimes physically attack me. The physical stuff didn’t happen as much as the emotional, but in some ways, that was worse. I could see him gearing up for a slap, whereas the put downs and undermining happened so subtly I almost didn’t notice it until Zac held a mirror up to my face and made me see it.

“You haven’t yelped for a while. Everything okay?” Alex’s deep voice brings me back to the moment, and I realize that while I’ve been lost in thought, the movie has continued and is close to concluding.

I suddenly have an overwhelming urge to share what happened in Paris with Alex. I feel like I can trust him with this shameful secret.

“I left Paris because of an abusive boyfriend,” I blurt out, sitting up straight, hitting pause on the remote again. I can see the blank look on Alex’s face in the white light from the TV, and I’m afraid I’ve misread the situation. Perhaps he doesn’t like me in the way I hope he does, and he doesn’t want to hear why I really left Paris.

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