Never Say Goodbye by Bethan Cooper

Author:Bethan Cooper [Beighton, Rebecca & Moore, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00JX22B94
Publisher: Bethan Cooper
Published: 2014-04-22T23:00:00+00:00

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I’m grateful for having my car back. I’ve been home and changed, straightened my hair into long straight locks, and put on a nice dress.

The drive to Luke’s was short; because I’d forgotten the code to the garage, I parked my car in a space across the street. Luckily, I had remembered the code to his penthouse. I gently get out of my car and breathe in slowly. Straightening my dress and feeling confident, I am ready to apologize and talk to Luke. I walk into the apartment lobby, nod at the concierge, and get into the elevator. I put in the code, and to my surprise, it’s correct and the elevator starts its ascent. As I exit the elevator the smell of the white calla lilies on the table make the small room smell amazing. I take in the scent and walk toward the front door. My heart’s pounding hard through my chest and I honestly think I might faint. I gently press the doorbell and I hear footsteps approach behind the door. I move out of the way of the peephole and giggle. He opens the door and I move over into his line of view. I have never seen color drain someone’s face so fast. He goes from his usual tan to ashen instantly. He is only in a pair of grey sweatpants hanging loosely at his hips. His 'V' defined to them, his speed bump abs.

“Ellie, what are you doing here?” Says Luke, his tone balancing on anger.

I snap my head up to look at him, confused by his outburst, I can feel the unbidden tears appear but I hold them back.

“I came to see you, talk to you.”

“Why? You made it perfectly clear what you wanted earlier.” His tone is so cold. He crosses his arms against his bare chest and leans against the doorframe.

“Luke, I just wanted to explain myself to you, and vice versa.” I pat down my dress and sway on my feet because of nerves, when I hear an unwelcome voice giggle from the other side of the door.

“Ella, go home.”

I can’t help it, the rejection, the wasted effort of looking nice for him, him holding Jenna’s hand, hearing her giggle. I hit his face hard across his cheek and he looks back at me in anger. His eyes red with pain, his arms held up against the door.

“Luke, what's going on?” As if on cue, Jenna appears in her underwear and walks to put her arm around Luke’s waist. He pushes her off and looks down at her.

“Why the fuck are you in your underwear, Jenna, go put something on!” He looks at her and she shrugs.

“Why are you complaining? You weren’t earlier.” Jenna’s voice is laced with destruction.

There it was, the bullet shot straight into my heart, the feeling of loss that pain that I had hidden before is back. I step back and Luke ushers Jenna inside and closes the door behind him.

“Ella, what did you expect?” He laughs gently, viciously.

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