Love You Again by Julia Kent

Author:Julia Kent [Kent, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prosaic Press

Chapter Twenty-Five

Kylie

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The last two weeks had gone by in a blur.

A blur of avoiding Luke, trying not to hear the whispers around town, and applying for jobs.

Jobs that weren’t panning out.

Low-grade panic was setting in, and she wondered if conflict were inevitable. Would she ever be one of those people who knew themselves so well that they never experienced this internal mess? If she stayed here, asked to be Harriet’s permanent nanny, settled into a new apartment in Luview and let her life take root in the place where she spent the first fifteen years of her life, would that be so… bad?

The ambitious piece of her said yes. Yes, it would. She hadn’t fought so hard in New York, and later at Nordicbeth Resorts, to establish herself in children’s programming, to just leave it all behind.

And then there was the nasty fact that the voice telling her all of the above was Perry’s, the sneer in it making her insides twist into a knot. Meeting him in college had been a breath of fresh air, his casual confidence and devil-may-care approach to life so unlike anyone she’d ever known.

He had a mean streak, yes, but she’d slowly come to believe him when he said you had to be a jerk to get ahead in life. Not that she’d taken on that character trait. More that she’d been caught up in his confidence, his willingness to help her to find greater career success, and his sharp-eyed view of her talents.

“You’re smart,” he’d always said. “Teaching is a waste, but it gives you credentials for the corporate world if you’re really into working with children. Lots of money in the children’s market. That’s why my parents focus so much of their marketing on kids. It reels the adults in, and they have the wallets.”

Perry’s cynicism came with a lot of love bombing, of course. She never would have stayed so long if it hadn’t.

But he had an on/off switch, and when he’d dumped her, he’d really turned it off. Blocked her calls. Never answered her emails. Used his sister as a go-between.

It was as if she’d never existed.

How do you spend all those years loving someone and then cut them out of your life like a fingersnap?

It was maddening. Kylie felt so bereft. So discarded.

So abandoned.

Now she was torn. Ambition had replaced connection for so long, but now that she was in her happy place, could she give up all the dreams she’d painstakingly built for herself?

It just felt like she was avoiding the truth.

And the truth was, she was falling even harder for Luke Luview, and being his nanny meant giving in to desire.

Should desire override her entire life?

If Wendy were here, her answer would be immediate: “Yes.”

And then there was today’s date: December 18.

Kylie was feeling the pressure.

Christmas was coming. Her mom was sending terse emails and texts, asking whether Kylie was coming to Indiana. Postponing her answer was an exercise in avoidance.

If she stayed, she’d eat takeout or frozen dinners and watch television all day, which would be a first.

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