Perfectly Flawed by Dani René

Author:Dani René [René, Dani]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780639936697
Publisher: Dani René Books
Published: 2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

12

Ryder

She nods, “Okay,” and my heart ceases to beat for a moment. I need to calm the fuck down. It’s time and I need to man up. Grow some balls as Preston would say.

“I’ll drive,” I tell her, rising from the chair, not giving her a chance to respond. My keys jingle in my hand as I grab her rucksack.

“I just need to turn the lights off and lock up.” Her voice quivers. I notice it immediately. She’s nervous. So am I.

“Okay.”

Once we’re in the car, she stares at me for a moment before smiling. “You really did look good with the kids.”

“They’re good.”

I turn on the stereo, flicking through songs before I find the one I want and pull out onto the road. I can feel her eyes on me, burning through me with questions I can’t answer just yet. It’s been a long time since I did this, confessed what I am to someone. But then again, the last time I did, it was only Preston. There wasn’t anything more he could say because he was there, he knew before I told him.

Anxiety riddles through me, eating away at the strength I’ve been mustering up to tell Piper. It feels as if we’ll never get to my place as I weave through the early evening traffic.

“So,” she starts as we pull up to a red light. “Did you ever think of me when you were away?”

Her question squeezes my heart. My chest painfully tightens when I realize the one time I didn’t think about her was when I got into the car that night and I had my arm hanging around the shoulders of a stranger. It lasted for a good ten minutes. Those moments play over and over in my mind, and I regret every fucking second of it.

“Piper—”

“No, you know what, don’t tell me. I just… I don’t know. I just feel like the stupid teenager who believed your promises.”

I pull away from the light, gripping the steering wheel because I want to shout at her. I want to tell her I love her. To tell her that every moment I was away, bar those few, she was the only person I wanted and needed. To explain that my love for her never fizzled out, it never wavered.

To tell her that even though I had fucked another girl before I met her, she is the only one I will ever want, now and forever. But before I can tell her that and confess my feelings, I need her to see me.

“You’re not stupid, Piper.”

“Am I not?” she questions quietly, her voice so low, so sad that it knocks the breath from my lungs. I did this. I made her feel so wary because I took all the love she gave me and I didn’t give her anything in return.

“No,” I bite out, casting a quick, furious glance her way. “Fuck, Piper, can you quit with the shit until we get to my place because I can’t focus on the road when you’re spewing bullshit.

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