Paper Dream by Kayla Morgan

Author:Kayla Morgan [Morgan, Kayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-21T06:00:00+00:00

chapter eleven

The scenery at the top of the mountain was gorgeous. The ryokan was decorated with deep auburns and dusted cherry-reds. Restaurants and quaint little boutiques looked absolutely delightful. But the only thing that Emily could pay attention to was the couples.

They were everywhere.

The girls were giggling. The guys were holding doors or shopping bags. They were dripping with a lovey-dovey aura. She needed to take a long, brooding bath just to get all these “happy feelings” off of her.

“What’s with all the couples?” she mumbled.

“The temple attached to this place is known for its love fortunes. Couples come from all over to read them! Didn’t you know that, Emily-chan?” Michi beamed back at her. She was obviously giddy to go spend an all-expenses paid vacation with her no-strings-attached guy.

Can’t I just give her a quick punch in the throat?

But instead Michi got to just bounce off, dragging lumbering Lucas behind her.

Emily couldn’t believe her luck. She was going to have to spend the week at a couple’s spa.

“Fan-freaking-tastic,” she mumbled to herself, in English. She hadn’t found anything in the Japanese language that was equivalent to that phrase yet.

She was a wreck just watching everyone around her. On the outside, she was the picture-perfect poster girl for utter disdain. She looked like she was 17 again and her mom was trying to convince her to be in those damn debutante balls. But on the inside, her heart was broken and bleeding. Ever since Akio publicly ignored her, Emily felt like all she ever did was cry, get snot everywhere, or sweat any time she was forced to go outside. Every morning that she woke up and hadn’t died yet from a complete loss of fluids still surprised her.

Mentally, she knew she was being ridiculous. She didn’t have a reason to be this upset. The couples surrounding her shouldn’t bother her the way they did, because she wasn’t with Akio. Never was. And never could be. She just wished her heart would get its shit together.

She wished he had forgiven her.

Hamada had started up the hill. When he realized Emily hadn’t followed, he walked back down and bent down to her level. “Um, Johnson-san? Are you ready?”

She let out a pitiful sigh. “I guess so. I’m so sorry you got dragged to a couple’s retreat, Hamada-kun. I had no idea. Or I never would have asked you to go through this. I don’t know what my grandma was thinking.”

Hamada chuckled. “It’s all good. A free vacation is still a free vacation, right?”

“I guess so.” But her heart still hung with dread. “Let’s get this torture started then.”

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