Rome: 5th Circle Guardians MC, Book 2 by E.K. Hart

Author:E.K. Hart [Hart, E.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-07T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Abby

“Hearing what those bunnies said…that’s why you pulled away, wasn’t it? I remember that you started avoiding me. You didn’t call or text me, and you stopped responding to me when I reached out to you. When I wanted to take you out to lunch for your seventeenth birthday, you shot me down.”

“Yeah, that’s why, but why didn’t you ever ask? If you loved me, why didn’t you ask why I was pulling away? Why didn’t you ask about the Romeo thing? You knew it bothered me, Caleb. You admitted it at our session. So, why didn’t you ever bother, even once, to ask me what was wrong?”

“When you pulled away and avoided me, I hated it on one hand, but it was almost a relief in a way.”

I couldn’t help the pained gasp that escaped me at his quiet statement, and he rushed to reassure me.

“Shit, that didn’t come out right. Just, let me explain, please.” I nodded, and he continued.

“Seeing you and spending time with you without telling you how I felt, or acting on those feelings, was getting so damned hard, Abs. Every time I was around you, I had to fight myself. So, it was almost easier when I graduated and didn’t see you quite so much. Since Lucky was a year behind me, he kept an eye on you at school for me. He also gave me the heads up when guys started sniffing around you. I never thought about how that would make you feel. If I’d known what you were thinking back then – with the clothes and the diets and shit – I swear to God, I would have come clean with you, baby girl. I’m so fuckin’ sorry I did that to you. I’m so fuckin’ sorry for all of it.”

“OK, so why didn’t you ask why I stopped calling you Romeo?”

“I don’t know. I think in the back of my mind I was afraid of the answer. I’d heard jokes about my road name being appropriate, given the shit I was doing, and I shut those fuckers down every damned time. I’d worried that you’d heard that, too, but then I would have had to talk to you about the other women, and I didn’t want to have to do that. I was trying to protect you from what I’d done, but clearly that fuckin’ failed. Then, when you started calling me Caleb again, I liked that you were the only one not using my road name. It was special, just for you. So, I let the Romeo thing drop.”

I nodded, not surprised by anything he told me.

“I just wish to God I’d known – that I’d manned the fuck up and just asked you. I hate the idea that you’ve had to be reminded of that every day when you look at my cut. And I really fuckin’ hate the idea that I gave you a cut that said, “Property of Romeo.” I’m surprised you didn’t burn the damned thing.

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