Lover: A Reverse Harem Academy Romance (Loxley Prep Book 3) by Hattie Jude

Author:Hattie Jude [Jude, Hattie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-06-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

That night, after we have discussed everything that’s happened until we’re blue in the face and Cade is long gone, Wells runs to the store and comes back with bags from the grocery store.

“You hungry again?” I ask. We ate before he left and seem to have plenty of groceries in the house, so I’m surprised he went out for anything.

He starts placing gallon after gallon of ice cream on the kitchen island. “I didn’t know what kind you liked and thought we deserved a little party.”

“What?” I say, my voice cracking.

Bishop turns and looks at me from next to Wells and frowns. “Lennon?”

Ronan is next to me, his hand going to my back. “What’s wrong, baby?” he asks.

“I-nothing.” I pull away from Ronan and move toward the door, walking past Abel when I do. He stops me in my tracks, checking me out, his eyes doing that deep dive into mine, trying to figure out what’s up. “I’m just gonna take a bath.”

“Want me to bring you some ice cream in the tub?” Wells asks, eyes hopeful.

“I don’t eat ice cream.”

A flicker of pain crosses Abel’s face and I pull my hand out of his.

“Lennon,” he says softly.

I shake my head and move past him, hating that my emotions are so ready to boil over these days.

“Please,” he says, following me into the living room. I stop and he puts his arms around me, hugging my back to his chest. “It’s because of me, isn’t it?”

I nod, a tear escaping down my cheek. He turns me in his arms and smooths over my tears with the pad of his thumb.

“I’m so sorry for what I did, not just then but now. That day—your birthday—it’s something that has haunted me ever since. I knew I’d taken it too far, even then, and I was not myself after solitary that time. I don’t even have the right to ask for your forgiveness. I’ve been too bitter for far too long, and it’s not enough that it washed away in one single night. I should’ve seen the truth in you, as I had from the very beginning. I don’t know if I’ll ever forgive myself for all the things I did and said, for how long it took me to wake up.”

“I forgive you,” I whisper, my voice still too shaky. “I do. And I’ll get there about everything that might still be hanging on inside, I know I will.” I take a deep breath and my voice comes out clearer. “I just can’t do ice cream.”

“Well, that’s a fucking shame,” he says, which makes me laugh. “It really sucks that I ruined that for you. What do you love instead of ice cream?”

“Bundt cake?” I say.

“What cake?” He frowns.

“Bundt. There’s this place in Texas and I think they’re here too. Not in Sikoma, but…probably not super far. They’re in these cute shapes—from the Bundt pan—my aunt makes them too, and they’re so good.”

“Hey, guys, throw away the ice cream,” he yells.

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