Scarlet Dreams (Kaleidoscopic Dreams Book 1) by Meghana Sarathy

Author:Meghana Sarathy [Sarathy, Meghana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Scarlet

“That’s great news. I’m happy for you. You have to believe that.” Neal’s smile doesn’t quite reach his eyes, but I know he’s being honest. He genuinely likes and cares for me.

Like, well, that’s where the problem lies. I want him to like me the way I like him, just as a good friend. Not more than that. But not all our wishes come true, and I’m lucky, no extremely lucky that my biggest wish that had the slimmest possibility of ever coming true not only took flight, but it happened in the most splendid way possible and I can’t possibly ask for anything more. So rather than wishing and waiting for Neal to give up on me, I should nip the flower in the bud and be honest with him and not just string him along, acting none the wiser. I’m better than that. Even if it means losing him as a friend, I won’t lie or hide anything from him. He is the only one amongst my friends I can trust this secret with.

“I’m sorry, Neal. I didn’t want to hurt you and yet, I might have ended up giving you the wrong signs.”

“No. You didn’t. Don’t say that, please.” He turns in his chair to give me the stink eye.

When Noah left for work in the morning for some urgent meeting with his staff after spending the whole day with me yesterday, I took my mom’s car and came over to Neal’s place. Noah doesn’t trust me with his Fordy just yet.

“I like you and I made that obvious. I’m not ashamed of it and it’s understandable if you don’t feel the same about me. Happens. You never hinted at anything else. I’m glad I found you when I did, Scarlet. If friendship is all you can offer me, I’m fine with that. I don’t want to lose you. That’s all.”

“I don’t want to lose you either.” I scoot to the edge of the bed to get closer to him. “I was so scared that this would change things between us, and you would feel awkward around me. But I couldn’t not tell you the truth. As a friend I can’t hide such a big thing from you.”

His earlier frown morphs into a tight smile. “I’m glad you told me. It’s good to know. I mean, to be honest I wish things hadn’t turned out the way it did…”

I gasp, brows furrowed in anger and he immediately pauses, trying to retract his words.

“I’m sorry that came out wrong.” He groans, hanging his head.“This is hard, but I need to say this. You were honest with me and so it’s my turn. I wish we could get together. I obviously like you and I really think we could you know, keep each other happy and gel well and stuff. That’s what I meant. This new development crushed my plans. I’m happy for you, but I still wish we had met before, and I’d gotten a real chance with you.

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