Wanted By You by Steph Nuss

Author:Steph Nuss [Nuss, Steph]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: New Adult Romance, Contemporary Romance
Published: 2014-02-23T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Ellyson

After picking myself up off the floor of my apartment this morning and taking a long, much-needed nap, I hit up the gym. The six-mile run cleared my head and helped me prepare for tonight's dinner and the conversation I was about to have with my dad. The metal doors of the elevator opened and as soon as I stepped into his penthouse, I was greeted by the smell of Chinese food. Dad walked into the living room carrying a couple bags of food and smiled at me.

"Hey, sweetie. I got your favorite: orange chicken," he said, sitting down on the couch.

I walked farther into the living room and dropped my bag on the floor next to the couch. I joined him and wrapped my arms around him in a tight hug. "Thanks. It smells really good."

He pulled back to look me over, and I watched him survey my appearance. I know that when I left the gym a little bit ago, I didn't look any better than when I first arrived. My eyes were still puffy and red-rimmed from crying, my hair still looked like a mess, even pulled back into a ponytail, and I needed a shower.

"Have you been crying?" he asked, opening a package of chopsticks.

I sighed and felt the lump in my throat crawl back up. "Yeah."

He relaxed back into the couch with a box of chow mein. "Well, grab your food and let's talk about it."

I reached for the box of chicken and a fork and curled my legs up underneath me. I looked down and poked around at my food. I wasn't even hungry. It smelled good and my stomach ached, but I was fairly certain it wasn't from hunger. "Well, first, I should probably tell you, I have a boyfriend. We've been seeing each other for about a month now, but we've known each other since college. We met freshmen year."

"It's Carter, right?" he asked.

I nodded and then quickly twisted my head in his direction. "What did you just say?!" He already knew! I had never talked about Carter with him until now, so there was no way in hell he could know his name. His smile widened and I pursed my lips and shook my head. If I had to guess, one of my guy friends probably told him at their last poker night, which would've been just fine, had they clued me in. Since they hadn't, I felt fucking ridiculous. "Which one of them told you?"

"Does it matter? What I wanna know is why I had to find out from one of them instead of you?" he asked genuinely. His was wearing his signature fatherly disappointment face: raised brows, piercing brown eyes, thin lips pressed tight together.

"I don't know," I said, shrugging, stuffing my mouth full of chicken. I chewed slowly, buying more time to think of a better answer, and his disappointed face readily morphed into one of amusement. I used this trick all the time with him when I was younger.

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