Landon by Serena Grey

Author:Serena Grey
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781733628631
Publisher: Sweet Acacia Press

By the next morning, most of my confidence has evaporated. Joe drives me over to Rachel’s apartment. I wait in the car for her, counting the minutes till she emerges on her way to work.

I should go up, steal a few minutes with her in the privacy of her apartment, and apologize for my abruptness yesterday

Will she listen?

Will she want to listen?

I’ve never been so unsure of myself in my life.

I wait for almost half an hour before I see her come down the front steps.

She looks unhappy.

And I know it’s my fault.

Yesterday, I was too harsh, too abrupt, too impatient. I knew even before I first approached her with my proposition that she had an emotional connection to Weyland, yet I berated her for it as if I had an exclusive right to her emotions.

She reaches the sidewalk and stops when she sees my car. At the same time, I open the door and step out into the morning sun, watching as an array of emotions crosses her face.

Let’s forget about yesterday evening.

Let’s start all over again.

I take a step toward her. “Hello.”

At first, she doesn’t respond. Her eyes rake over me, and the raw emotions that were evident on her face before she saw me retreat behind an expressionless mask. “What are you doing here?” she asks in a level voice.

“I wanted to talk.”

She shakes her head, dismissive. “I’m late for work.”

That works for me. “I’ll take you to your office. We can talk in the car.”

She gives me a look like that’s the last thing she would ever consider. “No. Thanks.”

I only want to talk, to apologize. Surely she can give me that. “Rachel, why are you making this so hard?”

Something in my voice gets to her. With a resigned shrug, she walks past me and slides into the car.

I join her inside, and Joe drives toward her office. Her body is stiff and turned away from mine, as if she can’t even stand to look at me.

“You’re still going out with Weyland tonight?” The words are out of my mouth before I can stop myself. I sound jealous and resentful. Not exactly the right opening for the apology she deserves.

She turns to look at me. “Is that what you wanted to talk about?” She shakes her head and turns back to the window. “I don’t know,” she continues, answering my question. “I already told him I would.”

So she’s going. “What did he say to you at the Swanson Court, the day we met?”

She turns back to me, confused. “I don’t think that has anything to do with—”

“Please, Rachel.” I stop her. “I’m trying to understand your…relationship with him and why he keeps coming up between us.”

She flinches at my use of the word us, and my resolve falters. What if I’m wasting my time? It’s entirely possible that she really wants nothing to do with me.

“I don’t think it makes any difference…” She meets my gaze and sighs. “He told me he was engaged.”

He broke her heart.

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