The Lies We Tell: An Enemy to Lovers Young Adult Romance (Pushed Aside Book 3) by Hallman Cassandra & Hallman C

Author:Hallman, Cassandra & Hallman , C. [Hallman, Cassandra]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-12-30T16:00:00+00:00

12

Colt

The gardening crew doesn’t even pay me any attention as I stroll up the driveway into the house. One of them even greats me and I give them a friendly nod in return.

I walk in the front door like I belong here, knowing that Josie parents are gone. I watch them leave the house about an hour ago and I’m counting on them staying out for a while longer.

I walk up the stairs trying to find Josie’s bedroom. I pass two empty rooms with the doors open before I find one with the door closed. I turn the doorknob slowly and push the door open as quietly as I can. I know it’s her room right away. Everything about this room tells me that Josie is in there. It somehow seems brighter than the rest of the house. It even smells different in here.

She is in her bed with her eyes closed. Her brown hair is spread out on the pillow like a chocolate halo. Stepping closer, I have the urge to touch her, just to make sure that she is even real.

Deciding on not to wake her, I reach in my pocket to take her phone out. That little noise wakes her up, her eyes go wide and she opens her mouth like she is about to scream. I move without thinking. My hand covers her mouth in a split second.

She thrashes around for a moment, grabbing my hand but halts when she realizes that it’s me. Her eyes soften when they find my face.

“Are you going to be quiet?” I grin.

She nods and I lift my hand.

“Are you here to kidnap me again?”

Only if you want me to.

Not having the guts to say that out loud I shake my head. I lower myself onto her bed and lie down next to her. She turns on her side, so we are facing each other. A tear rolls down her face onto her pillow. I want to kiss it away.

“Why are you crying?” I don’t want her to cry, especially not because of me.

“I thought you were dead.”

I almost did die and I still don’t know if I made the right decision to call Mason.

“No reason to cry. No one would have missed me.”

“That’s not true. Hunter and Jaxon would have missed you.” More quietly she adds, “I would have missed you too.”

“They wouldn’t have, and you don’t even know me,” I snort.

“I know enough to have missed you,” she says ever so softly and I know she means it. My heart is heavy and light at the same time. Desperate to change the subject I look down at her bare shoulders.

“Do you always sleep naked?”

She pulls her blanket up and tightens it across her chest. “I’m wearing underwear,” she says defensively. “Plus, it’s not like I was expecting anyone to break into the house and sneak in my room. Why are you here anyway?”

Her sudden briskness makes me smile. I get up from her bed with a grunt, pain shooting through my upper body.

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