Deranged: Twisted Myths Book One by Monica Corwin

Author:Monica Corwin [Corwin, Monica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Kory

I didn’t flee from him. I didn’t run either. I made my way back to my room at a steady pace even if my heart and brain had all but thrown themselves under the bed before I reached it.

My presence in his life, in his office, jeopardized everything for him. A fact I knew. One I thought I’d faced until I glanced at the questions in Nurse Minthe’s too-fucking-gorgeous eyes. There wasn’t an accusation there, but a knowing had shown through.

Ash had thrown himself in front of it. Using his charm and smile to try and make her forget. But the second she saw us in any type of compromising position again, he’d get caught, tossed out. While I’d be sad at the loss of my one supporter, I couldn’t stand the thought of being the person who ruined his life, his career. So many people had taken my own from me. I wasn’t about to do the same to someone else.

I sat on my bed, and it creaked as I my weight settled too near the spring. I’d gone and fucked up. I got attached to him, and now I couldn’t stop seeing him. Eyes open, I saw him everywhere, touching me, that devastating smile he doled out too judiciously. When I closed them, I could smell the spicy scent of him around. The way his hands would play up the bones of my rib cage as if he might tease me.

I laid back on my bed and stared at the stark white ceiling. And even now, I could feel his body aligned along my hip, his forehead pressed above my ear, the weight of his arm on my chest as he wrapped his hand around the other side of my face. All in my imagination, but years of living inside my head had made those imaginings all too real.

Someone sat food on my desk, and I didn’t even glance up. I prayed it wasn’t Minthe with her lithe curves and utterly destructive lips. The nurse left, and I didn’t roll over. I wasn’t hungry. I didn’t want to feel this way. How did I let this happen? How did I let the emotions so deep, I wouldn’t be able to dig them out now?

A long time ago, I promised myself I wouldn’t get attached to anyone. It was bad enough having my love of books used against me. If my mother heard a whisper of how I felt for Ash, she would have my soul and his nuts bound for her own agenda in a heartbeat. I’d never see the light of day again, and he’d be the jailor my mother used to keep me chained tight.

A knock at the door.

I didn’t glance up when Styx entered. I could feel her stoic aura from where I lay. “You need to eat something,” she said.

“I’m not hungry right now. Leave it, and I’ll eat later.” Probably wasn’t true, but she didn’t need to know that.

“You want to go for a walk?”

“Where? Pretty sure I’m restricted to this hallway and that’s about it.

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