He Belongs With Me by Sarah Darlington

Author:Sarah Darlington [Darlington, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-02-27T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

CLARA

Darkness hugged every corner of Steph's tiny room. The only light that could be seen came from the red glow of her alarm clock, and I swear the damn thing was mocking me. I had an early flight to catch and needed to catch some serious zzz’s, but time just kept slipping away and with it, all opportunities to get a decent night's rest.

12:00 A.M.

1:00 A.M.

2:00 A.M.

As tired as I felt, I couldn't get my brain to calm the hell down. For the second night in a row, I listened to Steph saw away at some serious logs, and every time I closed my eyes, I saw Leo's beautiful blue eyes. Damn him. Damn those eyes. They were driving me freaking insane. Why wouldn't my brain let it go—let him go?

I knew I had made a rational decision when I ditched him on the subway, even if rational wasn't my usual style. Leo and I were about as different as two people could get and we didn’t want any of the same things out of life. He wanted to follow in his father's footsteps, and I wanted to run like hell from anything even remotely resembling my father's footsteps. Now Maggie and Leo together—that made sense. They both liked money, clothes, and other materialistic bullshit. And more importantly, they got along, whereas Leo and I couldn't go a day without fighting. So why did I feel so shitty about this? Ugh! Double ugh!

A little after two in the morning, sleep finally started to take its hold on me. I felt my eyelids go heavy and my thoughts began to blur. And that was when I sprang out of bed, wide awake all over again.

I had to call Leo. I just had to. I wished I could pretend this weekend never happened. To act as if that one kiss hadn't changed everything between us. To face every future holiday as if he meant absolutely nothing to me. But the simple reality was…I couldn’t ignore what my heart wanted.

At that exact moment, I heard a noise outside Steph’s front door.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

I stumbled into the living room through the darkness. Forgetting the fact that this was New York City and that it was the middle of the night and it was someone else’s apartment, I reached for the doorknob and yanked open the door.

Leo.

On the door step.

My breath hitched in my throat as his steel-blue eyes—barely illuminated by the street lights—took me in.

I should have considered my appearance before opening the door because I was dressed in only a tank top and a pair of panties. My hair was down, covering my shoulders, and I'm sure I looked as if I just rolled out of bed. I had just rolled out of bed. Leo didn't seem to care though. Instead of looking at me like I was a mess, he looked at me like he wanted to devour me alive.

Neither of us moved nor spoke. Leo had changed from earlier and was now wearing shorts and a t-shirt tight enough to show off his chest muscles beneath.

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