Wildest dreams_A Standalone RH Novella by Lucy Smoke

Author:Lucy Smoke [Smoke, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

I felt strange walking towards the clinic the next morning. There was a soreness between my thighs, but a lightness in my step. It was just like my first time—with Preston—right before I realized he was gone and he wasn't ever coming back. That thought stopped me in the parking lot between the residence house and the clinic. It was a dark cloud hanging over me. I put a hand to my chest and forced my feet to keep moving, to leave it behind me. To leave Preston behind, and all of my feelings for him. Just like he had done to me.

I opened the door to the clinic with a bright smile and walked back to the kitchen, following the smell of delicious food. The smile fell from my lips when I reach the door. Wren was nowhere to be seen—only Jay and Preston. I felt awkward around Jay, unsure how to approach, and...well, I'm not exactly sure what I felt around Preston. A part of me wanted to be smug—he may not have wanted me but someone else certainly did. But another part of me tamped that darker more cynical side of me down.

Instead of talking, I took a seat at the table and started to eat. Preston finished up at the stove and moved to the table with a fresh plate of something meaty and delicious smelling. He set it down and then just as he was about to sit, a ding pinged from his cell phone.

With a sigh, he answered, talking quietly in a language I had heard at the airport but didn’t know the name of. He moved away and as soon as he was out of the room, I feel the tension leave my body. Jay watched me with curious eyes.

"So," he started, biting into a loaf of bread, "I hear you and Wren went on a date last night."

All too soon, the tension was back. My shoulders stiffened and my spine straightened. How much do I tell him? I wonder. I don't want to lie. I'm not a liar. But...I also don't want to hurt his feelings. Surely he knows about—

"Hey, don't worry," Jay said, nodding to me. "It's not a big deal. It's none of my business—" I hate his flippant tone. It tells me he's hiding something. So, I reach forward and put a hand over one of his on the table, cutting him off.

"I'm sorry," I said, not looking at him. "It's not that." I inhaled a deep breath, daring myself to be brave. It felt like I used it all last night, though. I wanted something and I went for it. Where is the Jen who did that? Where is the Jen who told Wren exactly what she wanted...and got it? I knew I had to find her again. "I just don't know how to do this, really..." I finished, feeling awkward, but finally allowing myself the chance to look at Jay's expression.

He wasn't angry or judgmental. He just looked at me with curious eyes, his friendly face an open book.

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