Inside Out by Ashley Ladd

Author:Ashley Ladd [Ladd, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2011-04-01T22:32:56.678000+00:00

Erica blinked hard. She wanted to kick herself for opening up to Trey and getting her heart smashed to bits again. Was it because she didn’t have a penis? Did that hated ex-appendage mean so much to him? Or couldn’t he deal with all the baggage of a transgender woman? Maybe both?

Her heart breaking all over, she lifted her trembling hand and pointed at the door. “Get out! I can’t believe I let you touch me again.”

Trey snorted as he looked around for his clothes. Rapidly, he pulled them on and fought with the zipper to his pants. Lightning sparked in his eyes. “Let me touch you? How about seduced me to touch you, sweetheart? I’m not the one who was going around without underwear, bragging about it. Rubbing up against me. How’d you expect me to react? You knew exactly what you were doing. You wanted to get laid. If you’d kept your mouth shut a little longer, you’d have succeeded.”

Her blood boiled and it was all she could do to keep her tone civil. Slowly, casually, she pulled on her shirt, not bothering to wear her bra. She stuffed the lacy undergarment in her purse. “Don’t be crass. I seduced you? You shoved your computer down my throat. I know a set up when I see one.”

Trey scrubbed his stubby chin with the heel of his hand. His eyes were mere slits in his flaming face. “You’re good with computers. I offered to pay you. I didn’t try to trick you. I hoped we could be friends.”

She knew if she had a video she’d be able to replay his flirting, but it wasn’t going to do any good to point out his blameworthiness. He was in as much denial about wanting her still as she’d been when she’d told herself she was a man.

If he really wanted her, he’d have to come to the realisation himself. She couldn’t push it on him. But she didn’t know if she cared any more. She liked herself too much now to let anyone treat her poorly—old lovers included. Especially ex-boyfriends. She squared her shoulders and jerked her thumb at the door. “Take your computer and get out.”

He gawked. Then he muttered, “You’re as mixed up as Eric.” He grabbed his computer and slammed out of the door.

She stared at the door for several moments before moving. Then she tried to re-erect the wall that had fallen from around her heart. When the wall refused to budge, tears trickled down her face.

Erica sucked in a breath. Why couldn’t Trey accept the new her? His anger and confusion hung thick and heavy in the air, suffocating her. The heaviness in her heart threatened to crush her.

But sniffing back new tears, she rallied. She was not going to let him destroy her spirit. Obviously, he wasn’t the man she wanted him to be. That made them even.

As angry and hurt as she was, she couldn’t totally blame him. Eric’s alcoholism had been appalling. She didn’t know how Trey had lived with it as long as he had.

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