Hearts Pursuit by Lyra Winters
Author:Lyra Winters [Winters, Lyra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-18T00:00:00+00:00
HEART-O-METER PROGRESS
17
ALDERIDGE
âAlderidge?â A masculine voice jolted me from my obsessive thoughts of Prim.
One thing I knew the moment Prim had left our date was that Iâd screwed up.
The pit in my gut had grown exponentially. So much so, Iâd tracked down Uncle Arthur with every spare moment I had, which wasnât much. My parents didnât keep any records, and my grandparents passed a long time ago, so finding him had been difficult. It wasnât something I could delegate, either. Doing so would have alerted my parents, and I knew they wouldnât have wanted me to speak with him.
They loathed the man.
But I finally found him, after an entire month of searching. I had located him in a town a few miles away from the academy. I reached out and asked him to meet me, for the first time, at a coffee shop near campus.
He wore a brown suit, and his hair was as orange as mine. Iâd always wondered who I got my hair color from. His was longer than mine, straight and worn down. But he had the same bright blue eyes as my father. That was the only similarity between them.
He didnât look depressed, though. He looked happy.
âThatâs me.â I stood and reached my hand out to him. âAnd youâre Arthur.â
âThatâs me.â His brows raised, but he hesitantly shook my hand before pulling back. âYouâre Jackâs kid.â
âI am.â I nodded. âAnd youâre my uncle.â
He let out a strained breath as he sat down across from my seat. âNot since Jack and our parents disowned me.â
âYeah⦠Thanks for meeting me here,â I rasped, rubbing my hands over my face as I sat back down.
Him agreeing had been a surprise. My parents talked so badly of him I was sure heâd want nothing to do with their child, but he had been open to meeting me.
âWhatâs this about?â He crossed his arms, his gaze holding nothing but distrust.
I let out a shaky breath. âItâs no secret that my parents hate you and your wife.â
âAnd my two brother-husbands.â He quirked his lips into an amused smirk. âNo surprise he left that part out.â
âHe didnât.â I swallowed a lump in my throat.
âBet he left out the fact that he was my brother-husband at one point, too.â Arthur raised his hand toward the waitress, beckoning her over to order us both a coffee.
I cocked an eyebrow as surprise washed over me, and the waitress left with his order for us. âHe what?â
âRenee was a woman we shared with two other men. She had four of us. Now, she has three,â Arthur explained, flashing his wedding ring. âYour father broke her heart when he chose Kelsey over her.â
âChose my mom?â My brows furrowed as the waitress dropped off the cups of coffee. âI was told they had been childhood friends and fell in love. They only had eyes for each other.â
âThey were childhood friends,â Arthur agreed. âBut your dad only saw Kelsey as a friend. Their heart-o-meter is at a one, I think. But he and Renee had five hearts, just like the rest of us had with her.
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