The Revenge Agenda (Accidental Love Book 3) by Saxon James

Author:Saxon James [James, Saxon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: May Books
Published: 2024-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Rush

Going from a night with Hunter to a night of sitting in a restaurant waiting on Ian doesn’t feel like it should be allowed. Firstly, I’m early. In what universe that could ever possibly happen while Ian is running late, I’ll never know, but all I can think of is the time I’ve spent with Hunter and how viciously I want to make things right for him.

I need to play this cool. Take emotions out. And hope like hell that Molly never finds out about this because he might be made of sunshine, but Seven’s not, and Molly would be all too happy to sic him on me.

I’m not convinced that explaining this is for a good, perfectly reasonable, completely vengeful reason would be enough to protect me.

But I’m here anyway.

Because Hunter deserves it. And Ian deserves to eat mud.

Ooops, better get those thoughts off my face.

I’m a second away from assuming he’s stood me up when he walks in, looking as expensively breathtaking as always. I’d been impressed by him in the same way I’m impressed by Hunter. Men like that own the world. They’re comfortable in it because they know it’s for them. But now that I do know Hunter, I can recognize the differences between them.

Hunter is confident.

Ian is cocky.

He doesn’t impress me anymore.

His speckled green eyes fall on me as he approaches, and I remind myself to be timid. Sad. I have to consciously rearrange my face, but thankfully, I have a lot of experience when it comes to mimicking emotions and actually showing it. I feel things deeply. Inside. Those things don’t often explode from me on the surface, so to make people more comfortable, I put effort into displaying what they want to see.

And what Ian wants to see is a hurt little lamb who misses him.

I miss him like my umbilical cord.

“Rush,” he says softly as he reaches me. He pulls his chair out with a scrape that scratches my brain, and I tuck my hands under the table, ready to prick my palm with my nail if I need to.

“Hey …”

“I’m so glad you met up with me. Fuck, I’ve missed you. So much.”

“Ah, okay …” I toss my salad of a brain for a proper response. “I mean, I’ve missed you. Obviously. I’m … hurt. Confused.”

“I know, baby, I know.” He holds his hand out over the table and opens it, waiting for me to slot mine into the space. I know what I’m supposed to do, but it’s giving me images of touching moldy cheese, and I can’t give him what he wants.

“I think … I need an explanation.”

His sigh is short and impatient. “It was a mess. I’ve been a mess for a long time. You saved me, Rush.”

My eyes dart up to his, but I can’t hold them long enough to pick if he’s being genuine. “What do you mean?”

“I didn’t tell you I was engaged. I know that. It was—it is—my biggest regret.” Ian holds up his hand to call over a waiter and orders us both a drink.

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