If You Let Me: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Nikki Lane

Author:Nikki Lane [Lane, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: In the Moment Publishing
Published: 2020-12-16T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Kieran’s encounter with Julie was upsetting. Why? I couldn’t even make a good guess. Did she break his heart by running off pregnant with his best’s friend’s baby? I’d been watching too many soap operas—an unexpected side effect of having so much time on my hands during the day. I hadn’t been taking so many shifts at the restaurant, and Aunt Sarah was taking on more of Dad’s care. I felt a little guilty admitting I was relieved.

But I thought it was safe to assume that Kieran was definitely not fine.

“What a day, huh?”

He kept his stare on the road. “What do you mean?”

“Well, you know.” I paused, thinking how I could get the scoop on Julie without making it too obvious. “Random run-ins. What are the odds, right?”

“Right.” He shifted in his seat.

Okay, that attempt failed miserably. I tapped my fingers on my leg, the silent minutes ticking by. A car ride of soundless driving felt like hours. Kieran parked the truck in his driveway and hopped out without saying a word. I thought for a minute he’d forgotten he wasn’t alone as I grabbed the stuff from the mall and got out.

“Do you want to come over?” I asked, handing him the bags.

“No,” he replied. His eyes never met mine. “Not tonight.” He started toward the door before he even finished his sentence.

“Okay…” I said, a little surprised.

I tried not to think about Kieran for the rest of the night, but it was next to impossible. I peeked through the kitchen window every once in a while, looking for signs of him leaving the house. It was nearly full night out, and a severe thunderstorm warning was beeping on the television screen. The thunder already started to rumble. The sky had that eerie beige-gray hue.

Shelby blew inside with a gust of wind, propelling the front door open. “I made it,” she panted. “Tornado warnings can’t stop me.” She held the bottle of wine in the air like a trophy.

“Nice work,” I said, grabbing the bottle opener.

She kicked off her flip-flops, settled on the couch, and started flipping through the channels. The rain cascaded against the windows. A crack of thunder sent a chill through me as I poured the wine. “I had the weirdest trip to the mall today.”

“Weird how?”

Another crack of lightening illuminated the window.

“I saw Callum at the suit store.”

“With Kieran?”

“Great timing, right?”

“I predict a steamy love triangle.” Shelby finally settled on something to watch.

Thunder reverberated through the house.

“No love triangles,” I said. “Or squares or rhombuses. He was there with another girl.”

“Ew.”

I sat down beside her and handed her a glass. “Yeah.”

“Yikes, you dodged that bullet.”

“Seeing Callum wasn’t the weird part.” Another roll of thunder. “Kieran ran into someone he knows. Knew. Whatever.”

“An ex?”

“Maybe. His whole mood changed when he saw her. It was like…like a switch flipped. He barely said two words to me afterward.” I took a sip of wine. “Do you know he got accepted to Princeton?” I whispered it like he would be able to hear me from next door.

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