Love Unspoken by Jong Lisa de

Author:Jong, Lisa de [Jong, Lisa de]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
Goodreads: 23603373
Published: 2015-10-17T07:00:00+00:00

THINGS DON’T ALWAYS GO as planned. I should know that better than anyone.

Pierce’s car waits in front of the building as the Trans Am pulls up. If a million scenarios flashed through my mind for how this would all end, it wouldn’t be like this. This is not how I wanted him to find out. It’s all happening too fast.

Blake grabs my arm as I reach for the handle. “I’m coming with you. There’s no way I’m leaving you here alone with him.”

“No. I need to do this … I owe it to him.”

He doesn’t let go, and I spot Pierce walking toward the car out of the corner of my eye. Tiny little spots impede my vision. My hands go numb.

“Please, Blake. I’ll call you after he leaves,” I promise. Blake is fuel. Pierce is a match. I’m not letting myself get caught in the fire.

“I don’t trust him.”

“You don’t have to. Just trust me.”

I practically see the wheels turning in his head before he loosens his grip. “If I don’t hear from you in the next hour, I’m coming back.”

Without another word, I step out onto the curb just as Pierce reaches the car. Blake revs the engine, speeding down the street before he can witness anything that follows. This is the most awkward place to be. I kind of understand why some choose to just run. It’s the coward’s way out, but it’s so much easier.

One look at me—the paint that covers my clothes—and the look on Pierce’s face tells me he knows something isn’t right. I’ve never ended things with anyone before, and I’m going to start with a man who didn’t even do me wrong.

A man who helped me out of some of my darkest times.

A man I love.

“We need to talk.” My voice shakes as the words tumble out.

He glances up at the night’s sky then back to me. “Where?”

“Not here. Let’s go upstairs.”

He follows me in silence, his shoes hitting the steps in the same rhythm as mine. The hallway seems too short, and my hand shakes uncontrollably as I attempt to unlock the door.

“Here,” he says, taking the key from between my fingers.

It opens too easily. I walk in first, setting my bag on the counter and slipping my sandals off. I do everything possible to give myself an excuse not to look back. He has to have an idea of what’s to come; the air around us has completely changed from what it was earlier today.

My mind is so foggy that scripting what I want to say is impossible. Predicting how he might react is even harder. If I could just have one more night, I think to myself.

“Are you going to start talking?”

I turn to him, my lips part, but nothing works its way out. There’s no way to do this without hurting him. The last thing I want to do is hurt him.

“Lila,” he begs, shaking my shoulders. “You’re scaring the hell out of me. Say something.”

“It’s him,” I whisper, my eyes misting over.

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