Not Meant to Be Broken by Reilly Cora

Author:Reilly, Cora [Reilly, Cora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Adult, Young Adult
Amazon: B083RZBQQ5
Goodreads: 50405029
Published: 2014-10-30T07:00:00+00:00

“Tonight,” she agreed. There was a hint of uncertainty on her face. “But I still think we need to talk about things before we go out.”

“Okay, let’s do it then.” Another gust of wind blasted over us and Amber shivered. Normally, I’d have wrapped my arms around her to keep her warm, but I didn’t want to overwhelm her. “Do you want to go inside?”

“No.” She shook her head. “Brian might be home by now, and he’ll complicate things.”

I grimaced. I’d forgotten about Brian. He’d be royally pissed if he found out I was going on a date with Amber, and even more pissed when he found out I wanted to take things further with her. “He’ll try to stop us from going out.”

Amber sighed. “I know. But this is my life. I can’t live in a cocoon forever.”

“Brian won’t like it.”

“Oh, he definitely won’t like it, but he’ll deal.” Amber gave a delicate shrug. “So let’s talk.”

I felt oddly nervous. “Brian probably told you that I don’t have a great track record with relationships.”

“He did. So what about Brittany? What’s going on between you two?”

“Nothing.” Amber looked doubtful. “We’ve been seeing each other for about one year, but it’s been only physical. And it wasn’t exclusive. We both saw other people.”

She stared down at her hands. “So it was about sex?”

“Yeah.” I was actually embarrassed. When Amber said it like that, it made me sound like an asshole, which I probably was. “I never found someone that I wanted to be serious about.”

“You know I can’t give you what those women did. I want a relationship. I want something that’s meaningful.”

“I want the same,” I said.

Reagan had been right. If I didn’t want to be like my father, I had to choose a different path. Not the one I’d been treading so far. I’d never liked a girl like I did Amber. But I couldn’t lie to Amber. “I don’t know how good I’ll be at this relationship thing. It’s new for me.”

Amber smiled. “I can’t promise anything either. It’s new for me as well. I’ve never had a boyfriend.” She swallowed. “Before the incident, I liked a guy but I never got the chance to be with him.”

Anger surged through me when I thought of what had happened to her, but I pushed it aside. “I really want to try.”

“Me too. That’s all we can do. Try.” She searched my face. “You know physical closeness is hard for me. I can’t promise that I’ll ever be ready to sleep with you.” She swallowed. “I don’t even know if I’ll ever be ready to do more than kissing.” Embarrassment twisted her expression.

I didn’t like the thought of never doing more than kissing Amber, but I couldn’t tell her that. “I know. We just have to take our relationship one step at a time.”

“That sounds good. But are you sure you are willing to wait for me to be ready. What about your…” I could tell she was searching for the right wording “…needs or urges?”

I burst out laughing.

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