Love and Lust (Small Town Secrets Book 2) by Jade C. Jamison

Author:Jade C. Jamison [Jamison, Jade C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-11T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Shit. Ryan spent forever in Adam’s office. What the hell was going on in there? Questions or even an update shouldn’t have taken that long.

But part of my problem was the perception of time passing. It felt long because I was an emotional fucking wreck. And I worried what Ryan was thinking.

Dumb.

I didn’t get shit done while Ryan and Adam talked behind the closed door. Mine was open and I looked across the empty lobby from my desk as my intestines once again jumbled themselves into pretzels. Later, when Ryan finally left Adam’s office, I didn’t hesitate getting out from behind my desk. No debate with myself, no moral banter. I just did it. It was like I didn’t even care how much trouble I could be in at this point.

When I caught up to him, he was already at the front door walking out. “Ryan…”

He turned for just a second, long enough for me to see his jaw constrict. I couldn’t read his eyes, but he paused a moment while I crossed the lobby. Just outside, he stopped and we both stood on the sidewalk. Even though the sun was lower in the west, it was still hot out—hot enough that I’d have to take my suit jacket off if I were here too long.

“Can I talk to you for a minute?”

“What else could you possibly have to say?” Before I could come up with a good answer, he nodded his head toward the parking lot. “I have to get back to work. Make sure you say it in the time it takes me to get to my truck.”

Okay. Ouch. He started walking quickly. Now I was used to walking fast, but in my heels and with his stride longer than mine, I felt like I was all but running to keep up with him.

So he was angry. And probably hurt.

And this was all my doing.

But the words coming out of my mouth didn’t necessarily resonate with what my head knew. Instead, my heart hijacked the conversation. “Ryan, this is crazy. Didn’t you hear anything I said to you in there?”

When he reached his truck, he turned to face me. But I didn’t know if seeing the pain in his eyes was better than looking at his back. “I heard everything you said.”

“Then why are you acting like this?”

He looked up to the sky, shaking his head in frustration. When he looked back at me, he licked his lips before speaking. “How would you act in my position?”

“I don’t know.”

“Well, maybe you need to think about it.”

“I am so sorry, Ryan. I didn’t mean—”

“If you’re sorry, then you really do need to think about it.”

I started to say something else. After all, it was in my nature to argue points, to ensure that the other party fully understood my side of the case. But I could tell that he wasn’t in the mood for talking—or listening—and it wouldn’t have done any good. “Maybe you’re right.”

Why did I have

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