Sympathy for the Devil by Billy London

Author:Billy London
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781312361782
Publisher: Shara Azod, LLC
Published: 2014-07-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen – Toni

I didn’t want to see Ben. I couldn’t face him. West had booked us for dinner after the tour and I pleaded a moment to go to the ladies. In nothing less than the ultimate of cowardly moments, I called him.

“Hey, Curtis! Am I seeing you tonight, or what?”

“Ben…”

He paused. “I don’t like the way you just said my name. What’s wrong?”

“What happened the other night…”

“When you and I tried sharing a single mattress? Not the most comfortable night’s sleep I’ve had. The rest was spectacular.”

Oh, God. I rubbed a hand over my eyes and pressed my back against the nearest wall for support. “West and I are giving it another go. So, what happened won’t happen again.”

“That’s… disappointing. I don’t understand why you want to be with someone who doesn’t really know you. He thinks he does, but he doesn’t. I know you.”

“It’ll be fine, Ben. You and me isn’t going to happen. Again. It needs to stop. We both need to stop running to each other when things get hard. Yes, we’re supposed to be friends but we can’t be just friends. So we can’t be anything at all.”

“We are everything together.” He sounded so passionate, and it almost made me cry. “We always end up back with each other, because it’s meant to be that way.”

“I can’t do it. It’s never right. And we both end up hurting so many people.”

“Because we keep lying about it. Toni, I love you. I’ve been in love with you since I met you and every time I think about us, I kick myself for letting James mess you about. I regret all of it, but not you and me.”

“Please,” I begged him. “No more. Just… Delete my number. We’ll stay away and it’s better that way. You know that.”

“Good luck,” Ben said, his voice bitter. “You know you shouldn’t ever sacrifice a friendship for a relationship that won’t last. And I promise you, you and your One Directioner won’t last.”

He put the phone down on me and despite all the hope in me that he was wrong, deep down that sense of dread in my belly told me chances were, Ben would be proved right.

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