Ravishing Royals Box Set: Books 1 - 5 by Rayner Holly & Sparks Ana

Author:Rayner, Holly & Sparks, Ana [Rayner, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-02-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Julia

It’s a sleepless night. The tossing and turning feels like it will never end. Twice, I get up to go downstairs, thinking it’s for a glass of water, but I only end up standing at the window, staring at Kal’s dark house.

Did he mean what he said? He never wants to see me again?

Or maybe he wants to, but he really does think it’s for the best if it never happens.

That second option is worse. It means I really am an awful person.

Seeing as I’ve only done all this in an effort to get closer to him, that’s a real blow to my spirit.

After forcing myself to stay in bed a few more hours, since at least resting there—even if I can’t sleep—should do me some good, I rise with the sun. I put on a pair of jogging shorts and my running shoes, but then end up pacing around the house.

Kal’s car is already gone.

Weird.

Over a bowl of cereal that I’ve mostly been picking at, I glance at the clock on the kitchen wall. Is he normally out for the day this early?

He must have left while I was getting dressed. Or still in bed.

With a sigh, I put my cereal bowl in the sink. This is getting obsessive.

Maybe a run is exactly what I need.

Instead of my usual route along the river, I shake things up by jogging into downtown. I make my way up and down several streets, and though I’m trying my hardest not to think about Kal, it’s pretty difficult when I stumble upon a sign that says “Harris Woodworking Studios.”

Slowing down so that I’m running in place, I study the building set back from the street. There’s a rustic, wooden fence around the small property, which is wedged between a real estate office and a radio station, and a cobblestone path leads to the front door.

The windows are dark.

Looking up and down the street, I check for Kal’s car among the ones that are parallel parked. It’s nowhere to be seen.

A numbness starts in my hands and creeps through the rest of my body. This isn’t how I should be seeing his workspace for the first time. He should be showing me around it, his hand in mine, a smile born from pride lighting up his face.

It becomes too hard to gaze at the shop. The sidewalk at my feet draws my attention instead.

You would think that by now I’d have learned not to stake this much hope in one person or thing, but apparently habits do die hard.

Looping around the block, I head back for Shay’s, purposefully going the route that won’t have me passing Kal’s house.

Still, I notice as I enter Shay’s yard that his car is gone.

If he’s not at work, where is he? Did he take Maya on a day trip?

The memories of our day at the zoo hit hard and fast. It stings to think of them ever going back there without me.

Inside, I take a shower then collect the notebooks in which I often jot down random design ideas.

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