The Second We Met: An enemies-to-lovers romance by Maya Hughes

Author:Maya Hughes [Hughes, Maya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-16T16:00:00+00:00

19

Elle

“And then he turned it around on me like I was the problem, like there was something wrong with me for being pissed at him. Can you believe that?”

I rocked back on Jules’ chair.

She stared at me with her hands wrapped around the shiny brass pole in the center of her bedroom.

“Yeah, I do believe it, and I’ve believed it all three times you’ve told me.” Wrapping her hands around the pole, she held herself out perpendicular from the floor and slowly spun around.

“It hasn’t been that many times.”

She lifted an eyebrow as both feet landed back on the ground.

“You’re right—it was five. I forgot the two times on the way to and from class yesterday.”

“I’m not wrong here.”

Jules’ gaze slid from mine.

“Are you serious?”

“Is it shitty he didn’t tell you they were doing some big story about the build? Maybe, but you’d have lost it if he had.”

“No, I wouldn’t have.”

She crossed her arms and pursed her lips.

“Okay, maybe I would’ve lost it on him.” I flopped down on her bed and stared up at the ceiling.

“Maybe? You’d have bitched him out eight ways from Sunday. You’d probably have tried to persuade Rick not to even let him stay, and you probably would’ve let the air out of his tires.”

“You’re overreacting.”

“You have the cops on speed dial. You can’t blame him for being freaked out to tell you anything.”

Jules’ vision board was stuck to the ceiling above the bed. Cutouts of pictures and destinations and their signature dishes merged into a collage that was completely and totally her, all bright and sunny with accompanying treats to try. “He scares me, Jules.” The way my heart raced every time he got close to me. The way I hadn’t been able to stop thinking about that kiss since his lips left mine. The way I couldn’t trust any of those feelings because I was number one supreme at getting my teeth kicked in by love.

“Why’s he scary?” She lay down beside me and turned her head to stare at the side of my face.

I turned and met her gaze. “Because I like him.” I stared back up at the ceiling.

“Why’s that scary? He gave you a ride when your car broke down. He helped at Grace’s. He seems nice.”

“So did James and Mitchell.”

“You can’t write a guy off because of one mistake.”

“And what happens when he breaks my heart and I still want him? What then?”

“If he breaks your heart.”

“I wish I had your confidence. If there’s one thing my track record tells me, it’s that it’s only a matter of time.”

“A couple wrong choices don’t really amount to a track record.”

“I chose a guy who was as far from James as possible. Mitchell wasn’t an arrogant showboater. He wasn’t big into his looks. He was visiting orphanages in South America. And then I find him in bed with a girl… It was like a shot-for-shot remake of my senior year of high school, complete with the big tub of cookies you made for me.

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