Love Handles (Boot Camp Book 1) by Hope Ford

Author:Hope Ford [Ford, Hope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-04T16:00:00+00:00

Penny

But everything is not okay. We are both quiet the whole way back to my house. I am truly embarrassed. How could I have thought anything could have happened between Adam and me? He really is out of my league, and Julie just proved that. She is thin, svelte, dressed in the latest fashion and makeup done perfectly. She’s everything I’m not. I looked like a frump standing next to her. There’s no way that he would choose me over her.

Pulling into my driveway, Adam stops me from jumping out of the car. I take a deep breath and pull my shoulders back before turning to him. I am not going to let him see me cry.

His hand goes up to stroke his hair, causing it to stand up all over the place. I want to reach over and smooth it down, but stop myself before I make an ever bigger fool of myself.

“Penny, I’m sorry about Julie. I’m sorry she ruined our night.”

I act like I’m thinking about it, but really I’ve been planning it out in my head the whole way home. “I think meeting Julie was actually a good thing, Adam. She woke me up, I guess. We are a joke together. You saw her face when she found out we were on a date. It’s not believable, and I can’t imagine why I was willing to believe it could work.”

“She’s a bitch. I made a mistake going out with her, but we haven’t talked in a long while. She doesn’t mean anything – she was just being mean. She was jealous and wanted to hurt you.” He looks like he is still trying to control his anger.

I just shake my head at him. I didn’t think it would be this hard. I really thought I would tell him it was over and I would walk away. Why is he fighting so hard? We just met a few days ago.

“I’m sorry, Adam. I like you, I really do, but I can’t do this…” Getting out of the car, I start to walk up the steps to my house. Adam gets out and is following close behind me.

He doesn’t touch me but he gets in front to stop me. “Well, I like you too. More than I’ve liked anyone in a long time. Enough to know that we should see where this goes. You can’t let what one silly woman said upset you like this. It shouldn’t matter what she thinks.”

By this point, the tears are rolling down my face, because it all comes down to that. Letting what someone else thinks control my life. I’ve always been worried about what people think of me. They judge me because I’m bigger, I’m not pretty enough or smart enough. It’s always something… and when you are treated as inadequate for as long as I have been… it’s hard to believe otherwise.

“I’m sorry. I can’t. I just can’t.” And I slide by him and run into my house.

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