Restless (Relentless Series Book 2) by Alyson Reynolds

Author:Alyson Reynolds [Reynolds, Alyson]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Alyson Reynolds
Published: 2016-06-21T04:00:00+00:00

Stephen looked at me from across our kitchen table. The same cute little pub style table we had picked up at the flea market when we first moved in and I painstakingly refinished so it would be perfect. His eyes were unreadable. He wasn’t completely shut off from me, but he was guarded. I didn’t blame him. The tremor in his hand was the only thing that gave away the fact he was as nervous about this as I was. God, I missed our mornings together. Some days we had spent hours sitting and talking over coffee, sharing a bagel or croissant.

The text he sent me late last night asking me to come over this morning was unexpected, but if he wanted to talk I would try. I didn't want this to turn into another screaming match where we got nothing accomplished except to make each other feel worse.

“I’m trying to understand, Taylor. I really am.” He rubbed his brow, and I winced. I wish I could explain it to him.

“I don’t even know where to start.”

He took my hand in his and studied the lines on the surface. “Tell me why you can’t stay in one place. What are you so scared of?”

I stared down at our interlocked fingers. “I’m terrified of not being enough,” I whispered. “What happens when I fall in love and you don’t want me anymore? What if you find me lacking?”

He cupped my face, and I leaned into his touch. “Baby, have I ever made you feel like you weren’t exactly what I wanted? I just want to be with you. Not only that, but I’ve known you your entire life. If something that was a deal breaker was going to come up, don’t you think that would have happened before now?”

“Mason and Emmy were together ten years, Stephen. Ten years. They got divorced in ten days.”

“Because they weren’t communicating. There is also more to that story than what Mason is letting on. I can’t believe that he could let Em go after all that time. There was no way I would ever let that happen.”

“But what if something like that happens to us?”

Stephen seemed frustrated. “Do you really think that I would keep something so big from you? Especially after I’ve worked so hard to get you to trust me? To trust in our relationship? I’m not Mason. And you can’t keep comparing us to everyone else. We're stronger than them.”

For the first time in too long, I looked at Stephen. Really studied him. Dark circles ringed his eyes, and he looked beaten down. I’m sure I looked the same, but I wasn’t concerned about myself.

“It’s not that I don’t trust you, it’s that I don’t trust myself to believe in us. And I don’t know how to change that.” I bit the inside of my cheek and tilted my head to the side. Stephen leaned in and pushed the hair out of my face.

“Let me help you.” His voice sounded so hopeful. I wanted to say yes, it was on the tip of my tongue, but something held me back.

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