The Other Half: A Small-Town, Opposites Attract Romance by Kristyn Landau

Author:Kristyn Landau [Landau, Kristyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2023-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

Oliver

My alarm gently pulls me from my dreams. I set it to the lowest possible volume so that maybe it wouldn’t wake her up, too. Luckily my plan worked, she’s still fast asleep.

Angelwood. The word practically smacks me in the face as soon as I come to. I looked it up after she fell asleep, and it’s over four hours away. Not as far as it could be, I guess I should be thrilled that she isn’t vying to go to school across the country somewhere. But it’s still far.

The anxious feeling in my gut is still there from last night when she told me what her plans for after high school were. Maybe I just shouldn’t have asked, but senior year is already almost halfway over.

I can’t deny what I keep imagining will happen. She’ll go to her fancy rich kid college, she’ll meet some fraternity douchebag that’s majoring in economics and comes from a family like hers, and she’ll forget all about me. Even though everything about Oakley tells me that won’t happen, I still can’t convince myself that it won’t. Time and time again she’s proven that money isn’t what matters to her, but how could she possibly choose to stay with a dude like me when she’s at a university with so many better options around?

I stare down at her, still wrapped in my arms. Her golden hair is a mess, fanned out around her on the pillow we shared last night. I feel so warm and safe with her in my bed, I wish it could be this way every morning.

I look over at the digital clock on my desk that reads 6:12 AM in glowing red numerals. I don’t want to wake her, she looks so peaceful, so delicate. But I have to make sure she gets home before 7:00.

I know we’re way too young to be planning our futures around a relationship, but I don’t want this to end. I know that if she moves away it will probably have to. I can’t let this slip through my fingers. The thought of it hurts my heart. I fucking love her. It sounds weird, even to me, but I’m in love. At seventeen. I’m a dumbass, what the fuck have I gotten myself into?

I feel her start to wiggle in my arms as she wakes up, and her eyes softly flutter open.

I press a kiss to her forehead. “Morning.”

“Good morning.”

“It’s almost 6:30.”

She startles and sits up in the bed, her eyes wide. “Fuck…” she says as she runs her fingers through her tangled hair.

I chuckle. “I’ve got you cussing and having sex now. I’m turning you into a heathen.”

She rolls her eyes as her face turns pink. “Was that your plan?”

I shake my head. “No. I like that you’re such a good girl. It turns me on, actually.”

I slide my hand up her thigh and slip my fingertips under the boxers I let her borrow. I hear her sigh and watch as she flutters her eyes closed.

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