Winston (Savage Kings MC - South Carolina Book 2) by Lane Hart & D.B. West

Author:Lane Hart & D.B. West [Hart, Lane]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Editor's Choice Publishing
Published: 2020-09-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Zoe

“If I had told you how I really felt, that I was in love with you, then you wouldn’t have left, and you would have resented me for the rest of our lives!”

Winston’s words are still echoing in my head as I study his face, ready to call him a liar again, but unable to speak just yet.

Part of me, the stupid, naïve eighteen-year-old girl, wants to believe him more than anything. But the rest of me, the cynical, untrusting part from years of experience knowing men are full of shit, doesn’t buy it.

“What…why would you say that?” I ask him. “You were in love with me? That’s the biggest load of bullshit I’ve ever heard, and I’ve heard a lot of men talking out of their asses over the years!”

“Letting you leave was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, Zoe. And I’ve regretted it every second since you left. At the time, I thought I was doing what was best for you. But now, I don’t know. Was it?”

“I don’t…how do you expect me to believe you after all this time, Winston?”

“I’m telling you the truth. Ask your father! I went to Martin’s office the morning of your going away party and begged him to make you stay.”

“It wasn’t his decision to make, it was mine,” I remind him.

“I know that! That’s exactly what he told me too. I was angry at him because I thought you were too young to go off on your own. That’s why, at first, I thought that if I finally gave in and slept with you, that you would change your mind and decide not to go. But afterward, I couldn’t be the one to hold you back. I wanted you to do what made you happy, even if it meant leaving me. So, when you asked me what you should do, I lied.”

Out of everything he just said, one thing stands out. “You only slept with me to convince me to stay?”

“No! That’s not…I wanted you! Not just that night, but for years. I finally let myself give in, even though I knew it was wrong, not just because I was hoping you would want to stay but because I wasn’t supposed to want you! We were family, and I had known you since you were a kid.”

“I was thirteen when we first met, not a kid,” I remind him.

“You were a kid to me then. I was sixteen, old enough to drive and sleep with a different woman every night, while you were still sleeping with fucking teddy bears.”

“I would’ve slept with you back then,” I remark.

“Don’t say that. Jesus Christ, that’s fucked up, Zoe!” Winston exclaims, scrubbing his palms down his face.

“It’s the truth, unlike half the shit that’s coming out of your mouth.”

“Everything I’ve told you today is true,” he mutters.

“So, I’m supposed to believe that you were lying ten years ago, but not lying now?”

“Yes!”

“Well, I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can do that.”

“Fine. Whatever,” Winston grumbles when he pulls out his phone.

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