Torn: Part Two (An Alpha Billionaire Romance) (The Torn Series Book 2) by Corgan Sky

Author:Corgan, Sky [Corgan, Sky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-12-03T08:00:00+00:00

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After taking about ten minutes to decide on a restaurant, we finally settle on the Galley Diner, a place well known for their corned beef hash. Discussing where to go eat at with Ann reminded me of an awkward first date. She seemed indifferent, but I have a feeling that was only to please me. It's a funny thing to think, considering that I'm the employee and she's the boss. I appreciate that she let me have an opinion though.

We settle into a table at the Galley Diner and my eyes instantly drift down to the tacky floral table cloth. I wonder if she loves it because it has roses on it or hates it because it looks cheap. This place is far from fancy, but it has great food. At the end of the day, that's all that should matter. I'm still not sure how her taste with such things leans, though.

“So tell me what your step-brothers have to do with you moving back here?” she asks after the waiter takes our drink order.

Up to that point, we'd both been silent, spending our time staring at the pictures on the walls and almost anything else but each other.

“It's a really long story.” I let out a short, pathetic groan, wishing I hadn't said anything in the first place.

“I have all the time in the world.”

I open my mouth to speak but then see the waiter bringing us our drinks and close it again. We ramble off our orders and then I sit patiently while she squeezes a wedge of lemon into her tea and tops it off with two packets of Splenda before stirring. If I can remember this, I'll earn brownie points when she requests that I make her tea and I can do it without asking her how she likes it.

“So are your brothers from your mother's side or your father's side?”

“They're actually not related to me by blood,” I reply hesitantly. It's a reminder that I shouldn't be saddled with them in the first place. Technically, they're nothing to me.

“Then why would you have to come back for them?”

I furrow my brow, trying to think of how to explain things. “Our parents died, so I had to come back to finish raising them.”

“How tragic.” She pulls the spoon out of her tea and sets it aside.

“It is tragic. I left a life I loved behind for them, and we're not even related.” It's not exactly true. While I was satisfied with my life, I didn't exactly love it. Anything is better than this, though. “So this is what happened.” I exhale deeply, preparing to completely unload.

Ann holds out her hand to stop me. “You don't have to tell me anything that you don't want to, Piper.”

“If you don't want to hear it...” my voice trails off.

“No. It's not that.” She shakes her head. “I can just tell that the subject makes you uncomfortable.”

“It does. But I might feel better if I talk about it.”

“Then I'm all ears.

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