Only for Us by Cristin Harber

Author:Cristin Harber [Harber, Cristin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult, first love, secret baby, friends to lovers, college romance, high school romance, wrong side of the tracks, serial, coming of age, sexy romance, sweet romance, alpha hero, single mom, military, titan group
Publisher: Mill Creek Press
Published: 2015-04-14T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Grayson

I’m standing at the corner of Fuck Me and Screwed after running through the hotel’s parking lot and then up the damn block. My fingers are locked behind my head as I scan the empty streets and ignore the pain surging in my side. Blood pulses around the edges of the almost-healed gunshot wound. None of this is important, though. It’s only a distraction in my hunt for her. But no matter where I go, no Emma.

I shake out my arms and stretch out the pain. Again, I hit her number in my phone. Immediate voicemail.

Fuck me. I took my eyes off her for one second to say “What the hell?” to Mazie. That was all it took for Emma to melt into the night, a ghost of a shadow that I could not track down. She’s not answering her phone—no, she’s rejecting my calls—and I don’t know my next move. I’m without allies and completely friendless in this battle zone.

“Damn it,” I shout on the street corner and pace a tight circle.

I try her cell phone again, and shit—I hate leaving messages. But this time, after the beep, I’m ready to plead. “Please call me back. It’s not what you think.”

God, am I the king of “it’s not what you think”? I shove the phone in my back pocket and storm back to the hotel. When I bust into the lobby, there’s fuckin’ crazy Mazie having a heartfelt discussion with Jessie the desk girl. Fuck me. Summerland County gossip hags are going to love this shit.

“What did you think you were doing?”

Mazie twists her fingers into a knot. “I was trying to get your AC fixed. Stupid, I know. Can’t keep my own shit together, so I jump in yours.”

“I didn’t mention where I was just to have you show up.” I feel eyes on me and pivot. Jessie is staring with rapt attention. I growl at her, and she waves at me with googly eyes. I can’t handle this place sometimes. “Let’s go, Maze.” Sure to fire up the grapevine, I hook an arm around Mazie and guide her to the stairs.

“That was her, wasn’t it?”

“Yeah, that was her.” Quickly, I push open the door and take in the room, trying to see what Emma saw. It’s not hard to picture a bad outlook. There’s Mazie’s suitcase next to one bed. And, God, the horror on Emma’s face. “Damn it, Mazie. Couldn’t you have mentioned the pullout couch? Or that you weren’t staying with me?”

She squeezes her eyes shut. “I thought I was helping. I was worried after you blew everyone off at the hospital. Really, I’m sorry.”

My head hurts. Why isn’t Emma at home with Cally? Is she working? Where? I've come too far, and I have too much on the line to lose her—lose them. I turn to Mazie. “I have a daughter.”

Her head jerks back, then her mouth opens once, twice. “Whoa.”

“I can’t lose them.” My turmoil is brutal, as though the devil’s making waves with my soul, causing a hurricane with my heart.

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