War Poppy by Nicole Lynne

Author:Nicole Lynne [Lynne, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-02-05T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty Four

Brandon

“Wake Up Call” – Nothing But Thieves

I lie in the dark listening to Poppy's soft breaths. Her cheek is pressed to my chest, her small body nestled against my side, every naked inch of her touching me. I have fucked countless women and drunk enough whiskey to drown a small town all in a bid to forget. And the irony is, she is the only thing that makes me forget, yet she's the very thing that should remind me of all the things that haunt me. When she touches me, all I see is her. I've never felt like I needed anyone the way I need her. At times, she's the only thing that keeps me grounded, the only thing that makes sense to me. And yet, she's also my biggest source of conflict. Because she's not mine, and the second I step back, the second I get some perspective, I remember that fact.

I crave the sense of peace that she brings me, even when I have no right to.

I close my eyes and an image of her and Connor on their wedding day flashes through my mind. They were so happy, and she looked at him like the world started and ended with him. Perhaps it did, and now we're living in some post-apocalyptic replica of a time when Connor made everything seamlessly better. The guilt is warring with my basic fucking instinct to survive because I'm no longer deluded enough to think that I can do this without her. It's too dark, too fucking bottomless. She is my only source of hope, my light at the end of the tunnel. And as awful as I feel about betraying Connor, as much as I loved him, I can't quite make myself let go of that light.

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