My Girl by A J Wolf

Author:A J Wolf [Wolf, A J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-24T23:00:00+00:00

The buzzer goes off for my building and I pick up my phone, pulling up the footage on the front security camera. Laney is standing at the door, a duffel bag in hand. I can’t see her face because of the angle of the camera, but I’d recognize her at any angle. I stare at her on my screen, not really sure if I want to let her in, heart pounding in my chest at the sight of her.

She told me I couldn’t love her then walked out the door. Now she’s standing at my door, expecting me to just let her in. She’s selfish, but she never pretended she wasn’t. I set the phone down, sitting in place a moment longer. Of course, I’m going to fucking let her in.

My ribs tweak when I stand. The muscles sore as I walk across the space, but it’s not nearly as bad as before. I hit the unlock code, moving to sit back down on the couch. My heart is picking up speed with every second that passes, knowing she’s going to be right here with me soon.

I hear her open the door but don’t look. My head staring straight at the TV screen. I see her drop her bag out of my periphery, feel her sit next to me, the coconut on her skin burning my nostrils. I want her to touch me so badly it makes me sick, angry for wanting something from someone who doesn’t want me.

She grabs my face when I don’t look her way, pulling it until I’m looking at her. I can tell she’s been crying, her eyes edged in red. I shouldn’t care what happened, why she’s sad, but I do. I want to hug her to me, cradle her against my chest and keep her there until the end of time. “Why are you here?”

She looks down at my question, dropping her hands from my face. I almost hate myself for losing her touch like that. “I don’t know.” She looks around the room, avoiding my face. “I didn’t know where else to go. Beverly has the babies. Ollie has the business and I can’t go to him with my relationship issues. I don’t have anyone else.”

I know she doesn’t. It’s one of the main reasons we bonded so well to begin with, neither one of us has someone who makes us the priority over all. I was her someone, but she was never mine despite how much I wanted her to be. “What happened?”

She falls back against the cushions, her arms going up to hide her face from me. “Donatello’s secretary is pregnant, and it’s his.” Her voice waivers as she says it and I know she’s trying to keep from crying. Trying to pretend it doesn’t hurt her as much as it does. She’s always pretending, but I’m the only one who ever sees through her false face.

Her broken secret doesn’t surprise me. I assumed Olivia Fontana was pregnant from the

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