Let's Start Over: A Second Chance Romance by Laurent River

Author:Laurent, River [Laurent, River]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: River Laurent
Published: 2019-11-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Ivy

I started to tell him to stop, but he had already killed the call. I stared at my phone in astonishment for a few seconds before I began to curse and swear. Hardheaded, dominating bastard. I should have known he wasn’t going to back off.

I forced myself onto my wobbly legs and trudged into the kitchen. I clicked on the coffee pot before I went into the bathroom and cleaned myself up a bit. One shower later, my hair was no longer sticking to sweat-slicked skin. My cheeks were rosy again and my teeth were clean. It helped me feel a little more alive than when I had first jolted from my nightmare.

The coffee pot was ready to go and I poured myself a cup. I left the cream and sugar behind in favor of the strong, bitter liquid. It just might give me a boost.

Knock, knock, knock.

I jumped and almost spilled boiling liquid on me. My heart raced. It was Cooper. What if it was Brian though? I gripped my mug so tightly, I was sure it would break in my hands.

“Jo? Open the door, it’s Cooper.”

The fear left me. It was just Cooper. I quickly stalked into the other room and peered through the peephole just to be sure. When I saw him, I unlocked the door, shoved the boxes out of the way, and yanked the door open.

Cooper pushed inside and slammed the door after him before he looked around. “Why are there giant boxes behind your door?”

“Oh, I was—uh, looking for something,” I said as I turned away to pick up my mug and take a sip from it.

Cooper looked as if he didn’t believe a word that I was saying.

I stopped while panicking internally. Just having him here was enough to soothe me, but I wanted every single precaution that I could take.

He nodded toward me. “You look like a wreck. What’s going on? And don’t lie about it because I can see the redness around your eyes. You’ve been crying.”

I couldn’t deny that, not when it was so visible. I shrugged my shoulders and walked over to the couch.

He followed.

When I reached the table, I picked up the note and gave it to Cooper so he could see it for himself.

He read it before he frowned. “What the hell is this?” he asked before he looked up at me. “Who fucking sent this?”

“Brian, I think,” I whispered and clutched my mug needing the burning heat to keep me grounded. “I can’t think of anyone else that would want to scare me. I mean unless it’s some asshole kids just screwing around with me, but I don’t think that’s it at all. I think it’s him.”

“What the hell?” he muttered as he examined the note. Cooper turned it over and stared at the words before he finally shook his head. “We have to go to the police with this.”

I waved a hand. “What good would that do? No one would ever believe me. Besides, I have no proof that it was Brian who did it.

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