Completely Yours (Opposites Attract #1) by Erin Nicholas

Author:Erin Nicholas [Nicholas, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2016-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Zach met Kiera by the front door a few minutes later. She’d changed into blue jeans and a much less sparkly top. She’d removed the little gems from her face, but as she turned to open the door, the light caught a glimmer of something near the outside corner of her eye. He looked closer. She’d missed one. But he didn’t tell her. He loved it. All night long he’d look at it and think about how she’d put those on for him.

As Zach maneuvered out of her neighborhood and onto the main street, he felt what could only be called anticipation. He was excited about his surprise for her. He hadn’t felt that way in a long time.

“You know, when I called you earlier, it was for a reason,” Kiera said after a few minutes.

He looked over. “Yeah?”

She nodded. “I know I don’t open up or get close to people easily, and I know that bothers you, so I was going to tell you part of the reason why.”

Zach squeezed the steering wheel. She was about to tell him something personal. On her own. In fact, she’d called him earlier to do that. It was ridiculous how happy he was about this. And how pissed he was that he hadn’t been able to talk earlier.

“Okay,” he said easily, not letting on how much he wanted this.

“My mom and dad were both writers. My mom’s a songwriter, Dad’s a novelist. They both worked at home and needed to be alone and have peace and quiet. So when I was little, I spent a lot of time playing quietly in my room, with my books and my toys and my imagination.” She gave a soft laugh. “It’s also why I like cereal so much. I could get that for myself so I ate a lot of it.”

Zach scowled at the road. “They just left you alone?”

She shrugged. “I didn’t feel alone. I could always hear Dad’s typewriter and Mom’s guitar. I liked my imaginary world. I didn’t know any different.”

“But you had to feed yourself? Entertain yourself? Stay in your room?” he asked, a streak of anger moving through him.

“They didn’t force me to stay in my room. I liked it there. I had a TV in there. I’ve watched a million movies and I’ve seen every Looney Tunes cartoon a hundred times. There’s nothing better than Looney Tunes, I don’t care what you say.”

Jesus, she was trying to make him feel better, Zach realized.

“You didn’t have any real friends?” he asked. “Neighborhood kids or something?” The anger was now building.

“We lived on twenty acres. Far from anyone else. It kept things quiet.”

Kiera glanced over. Zach was sure she could see that he was gritting his teeth. Her parents had neglected her, and she was trying to convince him she’d liked it. She hadn’t had friends growing up, hadn’t hung out with anyone but animated characters, but it was okay? No, it wasn’t fucking okay.

“What about when you went to school?” he asked.

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