Shattered Poetry (Broken Lives Book 2) by Hansen Marita A

Author:Hansen, Marita A. [Hansen, Marita A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-12-06T08:00:00+00:00

18

Clara

Mulling over Markus’s behaviour, I pulled into the school grounds and parked in my usual spot. My mind kept returning to how angry he’d been, his behaviour still stunning me. It almost felt like someone had swapped bodies with him, his personality nothing like it was prior to returning from England. But again, he was right about everything. Right about my behaviour. I just didn’t know how to fix it, other than I was coming to the conclusion that maybe I should ask for a break. Although I knew if I did that, it would be the end of our marriage.

I got out of my car, wondering how different things would be if I hadn’t talked him into moving to New Zealand. Would we still be happy together if we’d stayed in England or would cracks have appeared regardless of Dante? I frowned, not knowing the answer, other than Dante had made me question a number of things about my marriage. I undoubtedly found Markus attractive, and liked his ‘normally’ sweet, fun-loving nature, but I was also starting to realise just how much our relationship lacked in passion. I looked down at my ring, realising all my previous relationships had lacked it too. They’d all been safe, middle-class, and normal.

While Dante was anything but normal.

Loud laughter caught my attention. A group of boys were walking across the lawn, heading for the main building. I wondered whether I would’ve entered it that first day if I’d known this would’ve been the result. Me standing here, realising I was willingly letting my marriage slip away for a fifteen-year-old boy.

I focused on the group of boys more closely. A couple of them were very good-looking, but unlike with Dante, there was no spark of interest, their attractive features not eliciting desire in me. They were almost plain in comparison to him. I frowned, realising I was starting to compare every attractive male I saw to Dante, putting their looks down even though there was nothing wrong with them. But it wasn’t just his looks that fascinated me. It was his energy, his whole verve, which ranged from cheeky to mournful to absolutely captivating. At times his dark eyes almost glowed with a supernatural energy, the life within him so much more magnetic than anyone else I’d known.

What this more than an obsession?

Was I actually falling for him?

A boy.

My student.

A beautiful, passionate, fascinating, incredible being, who made me want to shut out the rest of the world, so it didn’t impede upon our time today.

I squeezed my eyes shut, telling myself to stop it, that I couldn’t afford to fall for him, especially since he didn’t feel the same way about me. Because if he did, he wouldn’t have had sex with Phelia on the same day he’d tried to get with me. I clenched my teeth, the thought angering me. He was playing with my emotions, making me want more with him, yet at the same time, making me want to run as far away as possible.

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