Love Like You've Never Been Hurt by SJ McCoy

Author:SJ McCoy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SJ McCoy
Published: 2014-05-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Emma pulled in at a drive through for coffee. She fished out her phone and ignored all the missed calls and messages, just wanting to call Holly.

“Hi, sweetie. What time will you be here?”

“Look out for me at twelve fifteen or so. I’ll pick you up at the store.”

“Em. What’s wrong? You sound terrible!”

“Thanks,” said Emma glumly. “I’m fine.”

“You don’t sound it. Did last night not go well?”

Emma stifled a sob. “I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Oh, sweetie. Get here as quick as you can, okay?”

“Okay.” Emma hung up and looked at the phone. All the voice mails and missed calls were from Jack and Pete. How could he have told Pete? She had decided on the road that the best way to deal with it was not to deal with it at all. She wasn’t going to listen to their messages. She was just going to go and have lunch with Holly.

She double parked outside Holly’s boutique at twelve twenty and honked the horn. Her friend came running out, straight to the driver’s door.

“Scoot over, you sounded like a wreck!”

Emma slid over to the passenger seat, grateful not to have to face the downtown traffic.

“Want to come home with me for lunch?” asked Holly.

She nodded, she wasn’t in the mood for any of their usual places. They drove in silence for a while.

“Want to tell me about it?” asked Holly eventually.

“Not really.” She knew Holly wouldn’t push her, she also knew that she needed to talk about it, despite the desire to push it all away. She could feel the tears building. “I had actually started to trust him!” she blurted out, swiping at a tear that rolled down her cheek.

“Want to start from the beginning?”

She nodded and started to tell Holly everything that had happened with Jack over the last few days. They arrived at Holly’s townhouse and went inside. Once they were settled she continued. “Last night, he was so unbelievable. He made it all about me. He made me feel so special. He kept reassuring me, making sure it was good for me,” she paused and smiled. “Holly, he made it so good for me, I had no idea it could be like that. I know I’m not exactly an expert at this....”

Holly smiled. “Understatement of the year,” she teased.

Emma nodded, “I know. But even I know that he must have had massive willpower to do everything he did for me and not make any of it about, well....” She didn’t know how to put it. “You know, about satisfying himself.”

Holly sat staring at her. “Help me out here, sweetie? I think I’m missing something. From what you’ve said, he is a very good-looking, charming, funny man, who has pursued you relentlessly since he met you. He has asked, no begged, you to give him the chance to prove that he’s for real. He was gentle and understanding when you led him on and then stopped him in the height of passion and then last night he made sweet love to you for hours and dedicated himself to your pleasure.

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