Declan by Kate Allenton

Author:Kate Allenton [Allenton, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B014XC8YTE
Publisher: Coastal Escape Publishing
Published: 2015-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

She’d holed up in her house for the rest of the week, being checked on by Sky and Flynn. Her heart was broken and shattered into a million pieces, but she masked her pain and reassured them she was all right. And the truth was, she would. Men didn’t define her, and Declan’s opinion…well, let’s just say, her hopes of him being the man of her dreams were dwindling with each of his asshat reactions. He was honest when he said he didn’t do relationships. His reaction had proven it. Trust was more than an issue; it was the brick wall standing between them. He didn’t trust her, no matter what asinine his reasoning was, and he’d given her zero reason to trust him.

Declan called a few times each day. Each attempt she let go to voice mail, not listening to what he had to say. She deleted the messages and tossed her phone back on the table. There were no words, no flowers, no pastry that could repair the humiliation he’d caused. It was becoming clearer and more evident that maybe…a relationship between them, just wasn’t meant to be.

She opted out of Sunday lunch with the Loves, unable to face any of the family. By now the entire Love family knew what had transpired between them, and she didn’t have the energy to put on a brave face. When Sunday night rolled around and Skylar and Alexis banged on her door, she opened it. They were dressed in little black dresses, their hair and makeup perfect, as though they were going out for a night on the town.

They shoved their way in. “Get dressed. We’re going out.”

“I’m not in the mood. You girls go and have a good time.”

Sky nodded to Alexis, and they each took hold of one of her arms and dragged her to the bedroom.

“You have to go. This is my unofficial bachelorette party, and I need you with me.” Skylar batted her long, thick black eyelashes. Alexis pushed out her fire engine red bottom lip.

Olivia glanced down at her night clothes. Last she’d looked, the bags beneath her eyes were enormous. “I’m not dressed, and I look like shit.”

“We can fix that.” Alexis clapped her hands. “Let me get my cosmetic trunk. We’ll have you sexy as sin in no time at all.”

“Yeah, because we all know how well that ended the last time you dolled me up.”

Alexis tossed her arm around Olivia and squeezed. “This time is different. You’ll be with us.”

Olivia’s stomach rolled at the thought of going out in public. She glanced at her comfortable bed and just wanted to get under the covers and forget the last week had happened.

“Oh, no you don’t.” Sky guided her to the bathroom. “Take a shower. It will wake your ass up. We’ll wait.”

Olivia walked into her bathroom and closed her door, leaning back on it. Her stomach rolled as she pushed off and started the shower. She didn’t have a choice about going, not if it was Skylar’s bachelorette party.

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