His Virgin Ward: And Older Man Younger Woman Romance by Lila Younger

Author:Lila Younger [Younger, Lila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lila Younger
Published: 2017-04-04T18:30:00+00:00

Isabelle

“So why don’t you try finding the amplitude of a sinusoidal function with a practice problem, okay?”

Its study period, and I’m supposed to be catching up on Trig with Eric, but my mind is a million miles away. I nod at him, and he lets me get to work, but the stuff might as well be written in Greek. All I see are squiggles on a page. Even rereading it a few times isn’t enough to get my brain in gear. I’m too broken up about Wyatt’s revelation. It explains a lot actually, but I guess I was too love struck to see it. I mean, I’m not quite eighteen. Why would he want anything to do with me? All his care, his protection, it was all just because he feels guilty from my mom, nothing more. I feel so stupid.

I squeeze my eyes shut, trying to block out the memory of us together that night, my heart pounding as I thought that I would finally get my first kiss. Ha! What a joke. I just hope he isn’t laughing at me. I practically threw myself onto him. And then to learn about what happened... I just managed to hold myself together long enough to get to my room before bursting into tears. I’m glad he told me his side of the story, but I’ve put most of it together already from my dad’s rantings over the years. But to see his face, you’d think it was a fresh pain, like it had only happened yesterday. He needed to hear that I forgave him, that I didn’t blame him, and I was happy to give it.

I’d be happy if only he could be. If only he could see how he deserved to be happy too.

“Having trouble?” Eric says, peering at my empty piece of paper.

“Oh, uh, sorry. I’m kind of distracted.”

He grins.

“Let me guess; you haven’t heard anything I’ve been explaining this whole time have you?”

I’m mortified. I didn’t even think that I’d just be wasting his time while I wallowed in my own problems.

“I’ve been listening,” I say hurriedly. “I just-”

“It’s okay,” he says. “You want to talk about it?”

I pause. Eric’s nice, but it’s not like we’re friends.

“I just like someone I can’t have. He’s... older. I should know better,” I say, “but that doesn’t make it any easier.”

“Ah,” he says. “I know what that’s like. I like someone too. A guy.”

My eyes widen in surprise.

“Wow, I never-”

“Would have guessed?” he finished for me. “Nobody does. I’ve only told two or three people. So yeah, I know a little bit about what it’s feels to like someone you shouldn’t. I fought against that for a long time myself. But I don’t think we can really choose who we’re attracted to. We can only choose what we want to do about it.”

I lean back in my chair.

“That’s pretty deep stuff Eric,” I tell him.

“A lacrosse player with brains? I know right?” he says with a grin. “Now come on.

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