Savage Company (Company Men Book 3) by Crystal Perkins

Author:Crystal Perkins [Perkins, Crystal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Haring

Isa’s trying to make small talk with me, but I can tell it’s not her thing. She’s a nice woman, but she’d rather be anywhere but here. There are worse places I could be, so this isn’t bad, but I take pity on her.

“I should probably leave.”

“Jake should be here any minute.”

“Is he alone?”

“Yes.”

“She wouldn’t come with him?”

“No,” she admits, blushing a little. I knew this was a set-up, but I came anyway. I’m not going to try and analyze the reasons why.

“Good. I like you, Isa, and I like Jake, but you need to leave this alone. Natasha and I are over.”

“He wants her to be happy.”

“And that doesn’t bother you? It doesn’t make you jealous, knowing they slept together?”

“No, and no. What Jake did before we met isn’t relevant to our life. My husband worships me, and I, him.”

“Lucky you.”

“I am lucky.”

“We’re both lucky,” Jake says.

I turn, and see the murderous intent on his face. I didn’t hear him come in, so I don’t know how much he heard. Nothing I said was good, so I deserve whatever he’s about to unleash on me.

“I didn’t mean to insult you, or what you have.”

“Yet you did.”

“You tried to manufacture a meeting between two people who don’t want to ever see each other again.”

“Bullshit.”

“You think she wants to see me?”

“I think you want to see her. And yes, I believe she wants to see you, even if she denies it.”

“Too much happened between us.”

“You went through a lot, but nowhere near what Isa and I did. We made it through everything—and everyone—that was against us, and now we’re going to be together forever.”

“Yes, we are,” Isa says, wrapping her arms around him.

His face immediately softens, and his arms engulf her. He was close to pummeling me, but now he’s holding his wife in his arms, and his expression is full of love. Only love. I want that. I had it, but it’s gone now, and I want it back. Just not with Natasha. And yes, I’m lying to myself yet again.

“I appreciate you thinking you could help, but you can’t.”

“Why? Why are the two of you so fucking stubborn? I know you love each other.”

“Love just isn’t enough in this situation.”

“Love is always enough. It just depends on how willing you are to fight for it.”

“Right now, I’m not so willing.”

“And neither is she.”

Those words shouldn’t send a knife through my heart, but they do. I don’t want to want her. I don’t want to love her. I don’t want her to love me. All the lies I keep telling myself, and everyone else.

“Thanks again for the invite, but I’m going to go back to my place now.”

“Take some food with you, at least,” Isa says.

“That, I will do.” I’m never going to turn down a home-cooked meal.

While she packs up some containers for me, Jake starts his own small talk attempt. “Are you going to play tonight?”

“Call of Duty? Maybe.”

“Cool. I’ll look for you.”

I thank Isa for the food, and make my escape.

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