The Alpha's Second Chance by Jillian Riley

Author:Jillian Riley
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2019-12-11T23:00:00+00:00

14

Letter in a Bottle

Nick stared down at the paper in his hands. An official letter. Or as official as a love letter could be. Who even sent love letters anymore? “Why, Janice?” He felt the pain wash over him from the whole situation.

Janice had sent a letter asking for a chance to see him again. An actual handwritten letter in which she wrote about wanting to reconcile. And Nick couldn’t help but wonder why she had written it. As far as he knew, they were done with each other. Everything had been split, and their finances had been sorted out. Janice had changed her name back and the divorce was handled.

But here it was: scented with her perfume on pastel paper. A love letter from the woman whom he had left.

It was the kind of thing that would take anyone by surprise. Who sent actual letters anymore? He smelled the perfume on the paper. It smelled like her, and he remembered the touch of her body. But it didn’t do anything for him. He didn’t feel the same pull as when he was in the desperation of heartbreak over one night with his best friend’s little sister. A night that he’d never had a chance to talk about.

Janice had been trying to call and talk to him. Trying, for some reason, to reconcile. Her letter had stated that she had left her boyfriend because she missed Nick. It talked about how she realized the mistake that she had made, and how she wanted her life back with him. Nick wanted none of that. He wasn’t angry; he was just tired of living a life that he had settled for. And he knew that she was settling, too. She had settled for him, or she would never have agreed to his crazy schemes. Now, he had a chance to get the woman that he really wanted back, and he wasn’t going to let that go for anything.

He let out a sigh, and balled up the sheet of scented, lilac-colored paper, tossing it to the side. It missed the trash can by three feet, so he had to walk back over and toss it directly into the can. “Stop making a mess, Nick.” He looked around his barren apartment. The place still needed that homey touch, but he couldn’t find the energy to do it.

He couldn’t make himself get more work done, so he headed to the college. There was plenty of work to be done in his office, and he knew it would be open, even on the weekend. There were enough Saturday classes being taught by part-time professors for students who worked during the week, but still wanted to get something better out of their lives.

The parking lot near the chemistry building was nearly empty, just like he expected. It didn’t take him long to let himself into the building. It was quiet; normal for a Saturday.

It was only then that he pulled out his phone and answered the text from Rosalinda.

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