Only You by Samantha Young

Author:Samantha Young [Young, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Samantha Young

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Monroe

It was quite the novelty being able to walk out my front door and stroll toward Flora’s in just a few minutes. Living in the cottage was life changing. I hadn’t realized how miserable I’d felt coming home to that caravan every evening and waking up in it every morning.

Now I couldn’t wait to get home and throw some wood on the fire, pour a glass of wine, and check my kids’ online homework with the TV playing in the background.

That I had the Adairs (i.e., Brodan) to thank for it was a bit awkward, but I could deal with that to have a lovely place to rest my head at night. Not that I found falling asleep easily these last few nights. The culprit was, of course, Brodan.

He was being nice to me.

At the musical rehearsals over the last two days, he’d been kind and attentive and respectful toward me. He wasn’t overtly flirtatious or unprofessional. Just nice. There was something different about him. Something … lighter. Like a burden had been lifted. Even Ellen and David commented on the change in his demeanor. I couldn’t help but wonder if his confession and my forgiveness had effected such a change. Could my opinion really matter that much to him?

Ugh.

I was in turmoil.

As much as I appreciated his newfound attitude, I couldn’t let go of how he’d treated me previously.

When he asked me to meet him for coffee on Saturday, I was relieved to tell him honestly that I already had plans with Sloane Harrow for brunch at Flora’s.

The truth was, I needed a friend who wasn’t an Adair. As much as I loved Arro, she’d no doubt root for whatever made Brodan happy, and if she thought that was me, there would be pressure. Regan would be the same.

An impartial friend who I might talk to about this stuff once we got friendlier sounded like a solution. Therefore, I called Sloane and asked her to brunch. Luckily, Callie was spending the day at Lewis’s. He’d invited her over to play his new video game. They’d become like two peas in a pod in class, and my chest ached every time they reminded me of how Brodan and I were as kids.

That’s all it was, I told myself continuously. Brodan wasn’t in love with me now. He was just confused by our long history and the love we’d shared as children. He’d realize that soon enough, and who would end up hurt again? Me. Thus, I was standing strong against whatever plans he had to make me fall in love with him again.

I even googled him last night.

I knew it was a bad idea.

But I was weak and needed some armor against him.

Seeing images of him with one stunning beauty after another and reading articles about his dating history helped. I was nothing like those women. For a start, they all seemed comfortable in the spotlight. I most certainly was not. And being in a relationship with Brodan Adair would change life as I knew it.

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