Too Late: The darkest thriller of the year by Colleen Hoover

Author:Colleen Hoover [Hoover, Colleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2023-06-26T18:30:00+00:00

I double and triple check the sound and vibrate settings on my phone, then slide it in my pocket. I head outside to smooth things over with Sloan.

She’s in the middle of the swimming pool, floating on her back, staring up at the stars. She doesn’t look at me when she hears the back door shut.

As I’m making my way toward her, I notice her shirt and jeans are thrown over a lounge chair.

Fucking hell.

She’s swimming in her underwear.

That may be normal practice for her around here, but it just feels like I’m stepping on a landmine by being out here while she’s not technically in a bathing suit.

I reach the edge of the pool and stare down at her, but she still won’t look at me. The water is covering most of her face, but with the light from inside the house, I’m able to see the redness in her eyes.

It’s kind of fucked-up if you think about it. She’s upset that I might be messing with other people, but all the while she’s sleeping in another man’s bed every night.

Hell, she fucking kissed him just to spite me earlier.

But I get it. And I don’t blame her, because I know how much she was hurting. How much she is hurting.

And that’s the hardest part of this. It’s not that I’m about to have to convince her that I really do have feelings for her. The hardest part is knowing what she feels right now as she doubts them.

If I could just come out and tell her the whole truth, it would make things so much easier. But that’s a violation of my job. It would be disobeying a direct order from Ryan. And as unstable as Asa is right now, the less Sloan knows, the better.

When Asa mentioned Tillie in the kitchen, the color completely drained from Sloan’s face. I could have killed him right then and there.

Sloan fans her arms out and kicks her legs, giving herself a push back toward the middle of the pool. “He forgot to turn off the pool heater this weekend,” she says quietly. “It feels really good. I think I might just stay here forever.”

Her voice is sad. I want to kick off my shoes and dive in the water and stay there with her forever. Just not in this pool or at this house.

“What’s her name?” she asks, still quiet and staring at the night sky.

I squeeze the back of my neck, wondering how much I should actually reveal. “Tillie.”

She laughs, but not because she finds it entertaining. “Is she your girlfriend?”

I sigh. “She’s just a friend, Sloan. Sometimes she does favors for me.”

Sloan’s whole body sinks under the water. She sinks all the way to the bottom. When she emerges, she’s shooting daggers at me. It isn’t until I see the look on her face that I realize what I just implied.

“Not those kinds of favors, Sloan.”

She pushes her wet hair off her forehead, and I try not to look at any part of her other than her face, but it’s really difficult when she’s soaking wet.

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