The Other Side of Blue: A Best Friend's Sister College Romance by Anna Bloom

Author:Anna Bloom [Bloom, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-12T00:00:00+00:00

Jack watched me, those damn dirty green eyes flitting across my face. I slouched back in my chair and crossed my legs at the ankle. My heart hammered beneath my ribs. “Well?” I asked.

“Jesus, can we have coffee first?”

“No.” God, I actually sounded like I meant business, which was good considering I slid my hands under my thighs so he couldn’t see my fingers shaking.

I mean, this was Jack. And me. In some strange Southern style restaurant.

Which reminded me. “Why are we out for breakfast, Jack?”

His frown flickered before he carefully smoothed it away.

No answer.

So much for talking.

“You know what, don’t bother.” I leaned down and grabbed my backpack, hauling it up off the floor. Damn heavy thing, my English textbooks were created to put a life-long curvature along a student’s spine.

“Where are you going?”

“Away from you.”

“Lyra, wait.”

His fingers looped around my wrist and I couldn’t hold in the visible shiver his skin on mine created.

And not a repulsive ‘never touch me again’ shiver.

Sadly, for me, not that one at all. More of a, ‘please don’t be a dick anymore so I can fully allow myself to crush on you so hard no other man may as well exist’.

“Just sit back down.” He tugged my hand, but I held firm. “Please.”

“You know.” I flopped myself back in my seat, my heart laughing at me as it raced along, for being a spineless idiot. “You really are a dick these days. I don’t know why you are here, why you didn’t come back, but I’m actually pretty grateful you never did.” Lies, obviously, but they made me feel just a little better.

“Did you ever think maybe that’s why I didn’t come back?”

I snorted out a short laugh, but when I looked up his green gaze zeroed on my face.

The fight oozed out of me, leaving a deflated feeling in its wake. “I can assure you that’s all I thought for a very long time.”

He nodded slowly and then dropped his gaze down to the table.

Conversation over, I guessed.

“I don’t really know how I got here.” His voice rumbled low, turning my stomach with little licks of unexpected warmth. “I just headed out West and never stopped until I hit the sea.”

“Very poetic.” I drilled him with a Grams’ hard stare, and when he looked up, a small smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. God, I’d missed that smile. More than I’d missed decent coffee and a home-cooked meal the last couple of weeks. Not seeing that smile for four whole years ate away at me like a parasite on fresh meat.

“The air is cleaner here, no dust...”

Dust and regret, my two most favorite things.

I had a list of questions as long as my arm. I didn’t really want to know what he thought the air tasted like. “Why didn’t you come back, Jack?” I chose the oldest question... well nearly the oldest. The way he’d been toward me the last two weeks, I figured I could file the other older ones under: ‘Don’t bother, keep some self-respect’.

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