You Are My Hope by Willow Winters

Author:Willow Winters [Winters, Willow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Willow Winters Publishing LLC

Mason

So close to having everything,

So close to nothing at all.

The teeter-totter rocks back and forth,

While knowing you will fall.

* * *

It’s all there within your grasp,

But the life has turned to stone.

You should have known, you foolish man,

You were meant to live alone.

* * *

“I appreciate the apology,” I tell my father, although my gaze isn’t on him at all. My eyes are on Jules’s back as her hips sway and she leaves me.

When I first laid eyes on her, she blended in so easily. Each small motion was seemingly genuine. Not tonight.

My sweetheart is obviously full of hurt and pain and insecurity. In a room full of fake assholes brimming with confidence and arrogance, my Jules doesn’t belong.

I wonder if everyone else in this room can see it as clearly as I do. I was wrong to bring her. I could have found another way. My father’s voice interrupts my thoughts. “Miss Harrington will be there, and she made it clear she’s interested.”

Marcy Harrington’s an investor who likes to get close with her clients and “know” them before writing a check with her family inheritance. Promiscuous would be a kind word to use. In addition, she’s practically untouchable, and always gets what and who she wants.

“This is about appearances, not business. I couldn’t give two shits about business right now.”

“Appearances?” my father asks, and I feel my hands clench at my sides. He knows damn well what the papers are saying.

“I’d like the world to know that I’m not beating her behind closed doors.”

My father shrugs as if the rumor swirling around the city isn’t a concern in the least. “I’d like to know what you are doing behind closed doors. Or more importantly … what’s being said between you two,” he says, turning his body to follow my gaze. She’s vanished though, wherever she’s gone.

As my eyes drift back to him, I feel the accusations rise. Now’s not the time or place, I think over and over as my forehead furrows and I shove my hands into my pockets to keep from grabbing him. My muscles are tense, and the words are on the tip of my tongue.

There’s no use in letting them out though, because I know he’ll just lie. He’s damn good at it and so used to it, I doubt he knows the truth from a lie anymore.

“We should have a meeting soon,” I say easily, completely at odds with my true feelings. “Business and otherwise.”

My father’s brows raise slightly, and he looks genuinely surprised. “Of course,” he says, patting me on the back. “I trust it’s about the matter from the other night?” he asks although it’s said as a statement.

“It is,” I say, feeling the ball of rage grow larger, getting harder to contain. I clear my throat and glance back to where Jules disappeared, only to see her good friend and editor Katerina striding toward me.

My face stays neutral, with no emotions expressed whatsoever as she approaches.

“I’ll talk to you soon,” my

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