Scars We Hide (A Cadbury Novel Book 2) by Jaclyn Osborn

Author:Jaclyn Osborn [Osborn, Jaclyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Encompass Ink
Published: 2016-08-03T22:00:00+00:00

Peyton

Chapter Eighteen

“You’re in a good mood this morning,” Kevin, my manager at the hardware store, said as he walked past me at the counter.

Even though he was only Aeron’s half-brother, he reminded me a lot of my best friend. Kevin had dirty blond hair where Aeron had brown, but they had the same facial structure and mannerisms.

“Yeah, I am,” I said with a smile, looking over the list of items we needed for the store. A shipment was supposed to arrive Thursday, so we just had to make do with what we had until then.

“Good to know.”

Last night had been one of the best I’d had in a really long time, if ever. I’d finally let Torin come over to my house—opening myself up to him in a way that was hard for me to do, letting him see all the weird things about myself like my love of paintings and massive number of books, all organized in my own special way. He accepted my oddness just like he accepted the rest of me, no judgments to be seen in his unique eyes.

The amount of locks on my door had made him give me a questioning look, but as if he’d known it was one of those things I wasn’t ready to talk about yet, he hadn’t pressed me on the issue.

It was also the first time we’d stayed the whole night together.

My cheeks flamed as I remembered how I’d power bottomed him on the couch. How his hands had gripped my hips, and the way his pale eyes hadn’t left mine. More importantly, I remembered how he’d held me afterward, his hands playing with my hair as he’d pressed his forehead to mine.

Torin was slowly but surely helping me out of the introverted shell I kept myself in by being patient when I wasn’t ready to talk and letting me know he was there for me when I did. My guard was lowering with him, and although I was still nervous about getting hurt again, I also held onto hope that he wouldn’t do anything to betray my trust.

I hadn’t felt that close to someone since Luke, and honestly, not even then.

Torin was different. The bad boy with a heart of gold hidden behind his intimidating exterior of muscles and abundant tattoos. He was everything I used to fear, but now meant more to me than I ever thought possible.

“I’ve been meaning to talk to you about something,” Kevin said, leaning against the counter and pulling me from my musings.

Those were never words I liked to hear. Something bad usually followed. A knot formed in my gut, and I looked up from the paper in my hand to meet his stare.

Kevin reassured me with a smile. “It’s nothing bad. Don’t worry. I was just going to say that you work extremely well here, and I wanna move you to full-time assistant manager instead of the part-time shift. It would mean a raise for you and more hours, so you wouldn’t have to work both jobs anymore.

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