Buddy Reads : A Contemporary Retelling of Beauty and the Beast (Smashed Beauty Series Book 1) by Dhara Shah

Author:Dhara Shah [Shah, Dhara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dhara Shah
Published: 2023-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Izzy

Tears pour out of my eyes. Just a few minutes ago, I was angry with him for not sharing things with me, but now I’m upset that he had to go through with something like that. Those surgeries not only changed his fate, but also they changed him entirely. Shaan became a bitter person, viewing the world as a place that operates on power and money. Those with power and money control everything in the lives of those who do not possess them.

I undo my seatbelt and move closer to him, wrapping my arms around him. I cry and tuck my head between the crevices of his neck. He lets me hold him. The car is dangling with the shift of my weight on his side. He looks around to make sure we are still safe. I cup his face and kiss him. Worry washes over him as the car continues to dangle on the wire.

“I didn’t kiss you properly earlier, not because of your scary makeup and how you look, but because I was mad at you,” I whisper in his ear.

I take his hand in mine and press a kiss on it. It is awkward when a woman kisses a man’s hand. Despite that, it feels like one of those moments when I want to do that.

“I know why you’re mad at me. You haven’t met my sisters. That’s why, right?” he inquires.

I shake my head. He wipes my tears with his thumb. He leans his forehead to mine and our foreheads touch. This is my favorite thing about us. It feels more intimate to me than our kisses. I love seeing his eyes up close. I love when he blinks.

“I’m mad because you didn’t share your past with me for so long. It made me feel like I didn’t matter to you as much. Like you didn’t trust me enough to do that. Other people know things about you more than I do and it’s fine. They know you longer. But it still hurts me.”

He blinks his eyes again and then breathes in my face.

“Izzy, you’re the most important thing in my life right now. I’m more afraid of you than anyone else. Sharing with you is harder because your judgment matters to me.”

That makes sense. We are more afraid of people who are the closest to us emotionally because they have the power to hurt us the most. He pulls my leg onto him, and I slide into his lap. I turn over in his lap and wrap my legs around his waist. I’m now facing him. I crush my lips on him and he kisses me desperately. The car dangles some more.

“Can this thing fall?” I ask him between our kisses, as I gasp for some air. He moves his mouth to my neck. I love his touch. He wraps his arms around me and pulls me so my head lands on his chest. It answers my question that if we fall, he would do anything to save me, protecting my body with his.

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