Heartless Box Set (Episodes 1-3) by J. Sterling

Author:J. Sterling
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: coming of age, serial, contemporary romance, adult romance, strong female, alpha male, new adult, serial romance, short reads
Publisher: J. Sterling

My eyes immediately met Daniel’s as panic seared through me.

How had I avoided seeing Ben for the last eight years, but on one of the best nights of my life, he not only shows up, but he also knows my…he knows Daniel?

Ben’s eyes flashed between my body and Daniel’s, and his brows furrowed, his face holding tension I didn’t recognize. He extended his arm to shake Daniel’s hand, and Daniel reluctantly grabbed it.

“How do you guys know each other?” Daniel’s question hung in the air like a guillotine waiting to drop.

“Elizabeth and I used to—” Ben started to say.

I stopped him, “We knew each other once, but that was a long time ago. We don’t know one another at all anymore, not that we ever really did.”

“Don’t be like that, Elizabeth,” Ben said, his tongue drawing out my name, slow and meaningful, as he shifted his weight between his feet.

His brown hair had started to thin, and part of me loved the fact that he was already going bald.

Karma, I thought to myself, it’s nice to see you.

“Uh…” I stuttered, hating that I was forced to see him right now. I couldn’t stand the way my name sounded coming from his lips. “Don’t say my name like that, and don’t tell me what to do.”

Daniel’s grip on my elbow alerted me to the fact that I was making a scene.

I turned to him, apologetic and embarrassed. “I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be. Are you okay?” Daniel asked.

I shook my head, my feelings splayed out across the cement like someone had driven over them like roadkill.

Ben stepped between Daniel and me, forcing unwanted space between us. “Daniel, may I please speak to Elizabeth alone for a moment?”

My mouth fell slightly ajar with his words. “We don’t need to speak alone,” I spit, infuriated at his choice of wording. “I don’t need to speak to you at all.”

“Looks like she doesn’t want to talk to you, bud,” Daniel spoke with authority, his chest puffing out, as he pulled me back toward him.

Ben’s eyes pleaded with mine. “Please…please just let me talk to you for two minutes.”

He placed his hands together in prayer pose and I sucked in a breath, wondering what could possibly be so important that he would beg me like this. I reluctantly agreed, “Fine. Two minutes.”

He led me far enough away from Daniel so that he couldn’t hear our conversation, but I was still close enough where he could keep a watchful eye on us.

And watch he did.

“What are you doing with Daniel Alexander, Elizabeth?” Ben asked.

“Is that really what you wanted to ask me?”

“Elizabeth, listen to me.” His words rang with desperation. “I need to know what you’re doing with him?”

“How’s Kim?” I asked, pulling my virtual gloves off.

“Who? Who’s Kim?” His face crinkled.

Who is Kim?

WHO IS KIM?

Has he seriously forgotten her name?

I didn’t care how many years it had been. That name should have been tattooed on his fucking tongue or engraved on his memory when it came to me. I sure as hell related her name with his whenever he was brought up.

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