Thirty-Eight Reasons by Len Webster

Author:Len Webster [Webster, Len]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: love story, liam, clara, general fiction, romance, noel, new adult
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

She was warm. Clara opened her eyes and felt a blanket wrapped around her. Rubbing her eyes she looked at the blanket and let out a yawn.

“Mornin’,” Noel greeted.

Clara sat up and looked around the hotel room. She felt horrible, but that was the best sleep she had in the last forty-eight hours. She looked to see the couch to her right.

“Why am I in your bed?” Clara asked as she threw back the blanket.

“Because I refuse to let you sleep on that couch.” Noel smiled and sat on the bed. He took her hand in his and she let him. His touch told her she could overcome the pain of Alex’s accident.

“Noel,” she said annoyed.

“Clara, you’re staying in this room with me. I want to make sure that I’m here when you need me because I need you here in the same room. I’m not okay and I’m trying to be strong for you, but I can’t. I’m going to break down. I need you with me to bring me back, Clara. I can’t do this alone.”

She melted at his words.

“Just let me have the couch then,” she said.

Noel shook his head. “Absolutely not. That is non-negotiable. You are sleeping in this bed. I’ll be on the couch.”

Clara huffed out and nodded her head in agreement.

“Wait! Did you say it was morning?” Clara glared at him.

“Uhh, yeah. I let you sleep because I saw how exhausted you were. I had Morgan, the night duty nurse, keep an eye on Alex. I know you wanted to nap, but it’s better if you had some proper sleep,” he explained.

Clara ran her hand through her tangled curls and gave up. She should be angry but she finally had decent sleep, but she needed to be with Alex.

“I must look horrendous,” she said matter-of-factly.

Noel placed both hands on her cheeks and brought her face close to his. Her eyes went wide with surprise.

“You look beautiful, Clara,” he said softly before his hands left her face and swept the hair out of her face.

He’s only called me beautiful once before, and that was after I lost my virginity to him.

“Take me to the hospital please, Noel. I need to be with Alex.”

Noel nodded. Clara got off the bed and walked over to the bathroom.

“You’ve always been beautiful, Clara. I never said it enough and I should have,” Noel said regretfully.

Clara tried to block his words from entering her heart, but it was a failed attempt. So instead she didn’t reply.

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They took a detour to Starbucks and had their coffees and muffins to go. She kept quiet in the car as they drove to Yale-New Haven Hospital. She sent a message to Liam telling him she was safe and apologised for her abrupt leaving. Liam understood and asked her if she wanted him there, but Clara refused. She wanted him to focus on the wedding and on the company. Part of her didn’t want the drama of having Noel and Liam in the same state again and another part of her wanted to be alone with Noel.

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