London Falling by Emma Carr

Author:Emma Carr [Carr, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B005H5T6LW
Published: 2012-05-17T15:26:21+00:00

Aimee stood in the shower and let the heat pound into her heavy limbs. She felt like road kill, left bloody and broken on a deserted highway as she watched the tail lights from Simon’s BMW speed away.

What was it about that man that left her feeling so exposed? It was as if he knew her innermost thoughts, the things that caused her the most pain, and he kept poking and poking and poking.

She knew she needed to open up and trust people. If anything, this debacle of a trip had only cemented the fact that she didn’t have close friends.

She hadn’t had close friends in a long time. As she pressed her palms against the pressure in her eyes, she let the water rush down her face. She knew she was screwed up–with the family she had, of course she was messed up–but she couldn’t seem to change, no matter how many psych classes she took, or how many self-help books she checked out of the library.

How had Simon picked up on her biggest weakness so quickly? You need to open up and trust people. It’s not going to kill you to accept help from someone. Easy for him to say.

It would have been so much better if she could hate him, but she couldn’t, not after everything he’d told her. For one moment, he’d dropped the facade and she saw through him to the man beneath, the one who was passionate about building a business and thrived on the risk. Why would he want to give up all that to get the royals’ business? To prove something to his father?

Or did it have something to do with his past? What made him think that his friends were only around because he had money? He was the type of person anyone would want on their side. Strong. Protective. Giving. Look at her–even when she wanted to hate him, she couldn’t.

How could you want to kill someone one minute and kiss them the next?

At least she knew it could never work out between them. They were from two different worlds, two different social classes, even two different continents. He would never want someone like her, and she couldn’t get involved if it wasn’t going to go anywhere. Hadn’t she watched her mom get hurt over and over as she’d thrown herself at another guy, only to be left in a puddle of drunken pain? Aimee couldn’t do that to herself.

“You need more fun in your life,” he’d said. She was tempted, more than she’d ever been in her entire life. When was the last time she just let loose and had fun? When was the last time she laughed? A real laugh, the kind that left your belly hurting and muscles loose.

She couldn’t remember.

And that made her feel even worse than she already did. She turned off the shower, stepped out of the tub and toweled off. She combed through the tangles in her hair. After slipping on her t-shirt

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