Sweet Regret: A second chance, single mom, rockstar romance by K. Bromberg

Author:K. Bromberg [Bromberg, K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novel
Publisher: JKB Publishing, LLC
Published: 2023-05-31T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Vince

She’s holding something back from me.

Something that’s happened to her. Something that has derailed her. I don’t know what it is, but Bristol isn’t telling me the whole truth.

And I hate it but also at the same time, I have no right to know what she isn’t telling me either.

Just like you haven’t said shit about your dad to anyone.

I scrub my hand through my hair and glance over to her where she’s dozed off in the passenger seat.

Her head is resting on the window, her eyes are closed, and her breathing is even. The lights and shadows play across her face as I make my way to the address she typed into my phone.

There’s something so right about her being here, beside me, letting me take care of her. It shouldn’t be, but it just is.

It’s her. She always felt so right. Her trust isn’t something I deserve—especially after how I left things last time—but it’s what I desperately want.

Should I be flirting with her? No.

Do I hope she loses her job? Fuck no.

But she’s like a drug, and all I can think about is the next taste of it. Deserved or not.

I navigate through an older neighborhood. Apartments line the streets and the sidewalks are cracked. Trees compete with streetlights for space.

It feels generic.

Just like Bristol’s car.

And not that there is anything wrong with that, because isn’t that where I came from? The norm where everyone is like everyone else, all struggling to survive the day to day, all fighting to get a leg up in the world?

A place I should still be, in all honesty.

But most definitely not where she should be, though.

Guilt eats at me. It’s raw and real and unfounded as I pull up to the curb, but it’s there nonetheless.

What if I hadn’t left last time?

What if I knew how to fix the fucked-up inside me so I could be what she deserves?

What if. What if. What if.

I shift the SUV into park, strangely hoping to have a few more moments with her, but the motion startles her awake. Her hands flail, knocking her purse off her lap so some of the contents fall onto the floor mat.

Flustered, she clambers to gather everything and shove it back in her purse. “I’m sorry. I fell asleep. I didn’t mean to—”

“Bristol.” She shoves another thing into her purse. “It’s okay. Relax.” I place my hand on her forearm to calm her down. Funny thing is, I didn’t know how much I needed the connection too. Her eyes meet mine and when she smiles, the only thought I can manage is, why is this so easy when it simply can’t be? “You’re burning the candle at both ends. Don’t apologize.”

I climb out of the car and open her door for her. “Let me walk you up.”

“No. I’m fine. Really. It’s just up the stairs.” She smiles and I write off her jitters for just having been startled awake.

Every part of me wants to kiss her goodnight. Wants to follow her up those stairs.

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