Kept in the Dark by HL Day

Author:HL Day [Day, HL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-11T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Georgia had finally cried herself to sleep. I’d held her for the last hour, stroking her hair and assuring her that she wasn’t an idiot, and no, it hadn’t been obvious that Benedict was a player, and no, of course I hadn’t suspected and just not known how to tell her. It had been the truth. I’d known he was a bit immature, but I hadn’t pegged him for a cheat. If I had known, I’d have told her straight away.

I carefully extricated myself from her embrace, making sure she was tucked securely under the blankets. After leaving the bar, we hadn’t come straight home. Georgia had insisted on getting horribly drunk in a continuous string of bars first. Both Justin and I had trailed along behind her, barely drinking ourselves, mopping up tears, and offering platitudes when needed. Feeling guilty, I’d tried to get him to go home several times. Each time, he’d flat-out refused. He’d even insisted on accompanying us back to the house. I’d left him downstairs while I pulled a sobbing, drunken Georgia up the stairs.

Given that was over an hour ago, I assumed he’d probably called a cab and left. If I had any chance of seeing him again, I’d have to work on the best groveling apology known to man. Even then, I wasn’t sure that would be enough. Who willingly let themselves in for this much drama on what was only a third date?

It was a shock, therefore, to find him in the living room watching TV. “You’re still here!”

He smiled and patted the sofa next to him. “Of course, I am. I wanted to check you were okay.”

I sank down onto the seat. “I’m fine. It’s not me that just found out my boyfriend was cheating!”

Justin reached out, squeezing my arm in a reassuring fashion. “I know. But you had to spend the evening being a supportive friend. It’s not easy.”

I dropped my head back against the back of the sofa and closed my eyes, suddenly feeling completely and utterly weary. He was right. It wasn’t that easy trying to make sure you said all the right things without making the situation worse. And it wasn’t easy watching a friend, especially one as close to me as Georgia was, completely fall to pieces. I felt the sofa shift slightly.

“Do you want me to go?”

“God, no!” I opened my eyes to find he’d moved much closer, his concerned face less than a meter away. “I’m just trying to work out a way I can convince you to go out with me again. After I’ve subjected you to the worst date in history.”

“It wasn’t.”

I stared at him, making no effort to hide my disbelief. “Really? Tell me one good thing about tonight?”

He smiled. “I can tell you more than one thing. I got to spend time with you…” When it was obvious I was going to interrupt, he held a hand up to stall me. “Don’t ask the question. Then not bother to listen to the answer.

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