Jaded by Tess Thompson

Author:Tess Thompson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 4kids5cats Editions

They were at the very top of the wheel when the ride stopped. Their cart swayed in the breeze. Lights of the city twinkled at them from one side. The dark sea stretched out in a black mass on the other.

“Why did we stop?” Honor asked.

“I’m not sure. Maybe the ride’s over already.”

“It’s solar powered, you know. Maybe they ran out of energy. We could be stuck up here all night. Until the sun comes up.”

“You’re not funny.”

“I’m kinda funny.” Honor placed her hand on his thigh. “You ever make out on top of the world?”

“Every kiss with you puts me at the top of the world.”

“You’ve gone from poet to greeting card writer,” she said.

“I’m a man of many talents.”

“I’ve been thinking,” she said. “I want to move back to my house when we get home. Brody said he’d pay for a security team to watch my house. I’ve decided to take him up on it. I want to go home. I want to be there with you.”

“As long as you let me stay there too,” he said.

“What? Otherwise you forbid it?” She raised her eyebrows, challenging him.

“You know I wouldn’t do that. But yeah, kinda. That’s the spirit anyway.”

“You’re a little bit sexy when you’re all alpha-dog,” Honor said. “But you know I’ll do as I please.”

He sighed. “I’m quite aware of that, Ms. Sullivan.”

Their container pitched forward. His palms dampened with sweat. “We’re really high. Do you realize that?” What had he been thinking? “I knew this was risky. Why did we do this?”

“Let’s talk about something to take your mind off it,” she said. “Just until the ride is over. What did you do while I was in my meeting? I forgot to ask.”

Throughout dinner, they’d chatted about Honor’s meetings and Zane had shared a few stories about his time in Los Angeles. He hadn’t mentioned his visit with Natalie, unsure how to approach the topic.

Best to jump right in? Why not? “I went to see Natalie.”

She stiffened next to him. “You did? Why?” Flat tone. Defensive tone. It took so little to spook her.

“I wanted to find out why she left me, so I didn’t make the same mistakes with you. But it didn’t go as expected.” He explained what she’d said to him, how she’d taken the blame—that she had to do what she did to save herself. “I’m free. I don’t know how else to say it.”

She softened next to him. Her head came to rest on his shoulder. “Free, other than being stuck on the top of the world with me?”

“Yes, other than that,” he said. “I’d rather be here with you, scared as I am, than anywhere else in the world.”

“Me too.” She said it just above a whisper. “Me too.”

He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close. “I’m starting to regret that last glass of water at the restaurant.”

Her laugh rang out in the night air. “I agree. There needs to be a bathroom at the top of the world.

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