Mad Love: A Second Chance Romance by R. Holmes

Author:R. Holmes [Holmes, R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Grey

Present

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“I fucked up.”

That’s the first thing I say to Bishop as he steps foot into my house. Which is pretty funny considering how the tables are always turned and he’s always the one fucking up.

“Okaaaaay…” he says as he shuts the door behind him.

“Ambrey was here yesterday. We were working on self-defense techniques and…” I stop talking and stare at him.

“Dude.” We continue to stare at each other.

“Shit. I told you I fucked up. I made a mistake.” I cover my face with my hands and continue.

“Fuck, man. My daughter walked in on me dry-humping Ambrey on my floor like a fucking teenager. I’m pissed off at myself for allowing this to happen, and I’m even more pissed off that my daughter walked in and saw us. Well, she was half asleep and didn’t really understand what was going on. Thank fuck.”

This is the problem. Whenever I’m with Ambrey, I lose my fucking head. I don’t think straight or make rational decisions. That’s exactly what happened. I got carried away and things went too far. I shouldn’t have put my hands on her.

“I fucked up, B,” I say again, exasperated.

He looks over at me incredulously and shakes his head.

“You fucker, now I owe Madi four-hundred bucks!” He groans and plops down into the recliner dramatically?

The fuck.

“What the fuck do you mean you owe her four-hundred dollars?”

“We made a bet that you and Ambrey would give in. She said three months, I said six. She won.” He grins.

“You fuckhead. You bet on my fucking love life?”

“Oh, so now it’s a love life?’ he asks. “That went from zero to sixty in a minute flat.”

“I shouldn’t have ever touched her, Bishop. I can’t ever do this shit again. I spent four years with no control of my life. Four years. I couldn’t fucking sneeze without being told to shut the fuck up. Couldn’t control what I wore, what I ate, when I fucking showered. I made a vow to myself in there that I would never let anything have control over me again, and here I go fucking this shit up from the start.” I shake my head and look down at the rug.

“Look, I get it. I get you don’t want to let anyone in. Hell, I probably wouldn’t either, but she’s not the one to blame, Grey, and you know that. Her dad might have been the biggest piece of shit on the planet, but Amb’s not the one who placed you in that prison cell. You have to stop subconsciously blaming her for it.”

“No, but loving her placed me there. I don’t blame her for her father's choices. They are his, and his alone, but loving Ambrey Landry is what put me in there, no matter which way you spin it. I can’t do it again. I won’t,” I say, my voice hard. “I’ve got more at risk now than I did eight years ago, B.”

“Then, don’t lead her on. Clean break. Apologize and tell her it won’t happen again.

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