The Bold and the Bullheaded: The G.D. Taylors Series by Willow Aster & Laura Pavlov

Author:Willow Aster & Laura Pavlov [Aster, Willow & Pavlov, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-23T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Emma

I know I’ve blown it. I know by the ache in my gut, the way I can barely hold my shoulders up, the weight of the way I treated Spence heavy on me.

The look on his face, the jolt back like he’d been slapped when I basically told him to get out … that keeps replaying in my mind, over and over.

Our night together. I can’t even describe it. Nothing I’ve experienced has ever come close to that, and I’ve experienced more than I’d like to admit on my quest for being a sexually-aware woman of the twenty-first century.

My quest for never being left.

My quest for always maintaining control before I get hurt.

The fear. It’s so tangible I can taste it. I can’t just ignore that. Because feelings like this, with only one magical night—can you imagine if I let that continue and got even more swept up in something that can’t possibly last?

I get to the office early and am already a couple of hours in when Mya saunters in and drops in the chair across from my desk.

“You look good. A little wrung out, but good.” She smirks. “Anything you want to tell me? I passed Spence in the elevator on my way into the office, and he looked like he was just getting home. Jesse told me Spence went to talk to you last night.”

I suck in a long breath. Everything about Spence Taylor is complicated. It’s the reason I’ve pushed him away for as long as I have. Not only is he Mya’s boyfriend’s brother, he’s become someone that I depend on. I don’t have a good day unless Spence is somehow in it. Which is why this absolutely has to stop now. Our physical chemistry is explosive, and I knew better than to allow things to go this far. I can handle hating Spence Taylor, because when he walks away, I’ll still be standing. But falling for him, repeating what we did last night—it’s not an option. There’s no exit strategy. No escape door. He will destroy me, and I can’t allow that to happen. I’ve worked too hard … I learned at a very young age how to protect myself.

Hell, I’m still learning. And every time I’ve let my mom back in, I’ve been kicked in the gut.

I’m writing this off as a mishap. A moment of weakness. A terrible lapse in judgment.

“We won’t speak of it again. It was a mistake.”

Her smile fades and she looks wounded. “It wasn’t good?”

“Of course it was good. The best. Which makes it worse.”

Her head cocks to the side and her lips turn up again. “Why is that worse?”

“Mya.” I let out a long breath. “You know it can’t work.”

“Why? Give him a chance. I’ve never seen you like someone this much,” she says, and her gaze narrows as she tries to figure me out.

“Exactly why it needs to end. I didn’t grow up like you and Spence. I didn’t have the white picket fence or the perfect childhood.

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