Loved by Him (Wanted Series #6) by Kelly Hazel

Author:Kelly, Hazel [Kelly, Hazel]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-11-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10: Addison

He looked around the hotel bar. None of the tables around us were occupied and a large party was making a fair amount of noise on the opposite side of the room, their celebration in direct contrast to the sharp pain I felt in my chest.

I promised myself I wouldn’t be sad. Just honest. After all, he was a great guy and I was glad I met him, even if there was a chance he would decide he didn’t want me anymore once I told him no one else ever had.

When he turned back towards me, he looked pale.

I watched him reach for his drink and take a big sip. There was no doubt in my mind he was wishing it was something he could’ve drained without bubbles burning his nose, but he set it down a second later.

“Addison,” he said, clearing his throat. “I shouldn’t have blurted out all that stuff about your job. I don’t know how hard you’ve worked or what it means to you. I had no right to-”

“It’s okay. You haven’t done anything wrong.”

“So why are you acting like this?” He furrowed his brow. “Why are you saying these crazy things?”

“Just hear me out, okay?” I rolled my shoulders back, trying to feign the confidence I wished I had. “Before you say anything else.”

He nodded.

“You know how I told you I was from a big family?” I asked, feeling as nervous as if I were about to get naked in the bar. Then again, I suppose I was.

He nodded.

“Well, I’m not.”

He raised his eyebrows. “Okay…”

“I don’t have any family at all.”

He cocked his head. “Of course you have a fam-”

“No, I don’t.” I shook my head. “No sisters, no brothers, no cousins, and no parents.”

He clenched his jaw and inhaled through his nose.

“Not that I know of anyway,” I said, glancing down to where I was holding my own hands so they wouldn’t shake.

He sat up against the booth and waited, his face impossible to read.

“Maybe that’s why I rely so much on my job. Who knows? I mean, I’ve been there longer than I was ever in a foster home.”

“You’re an orphan?”

I nodded. “I’m sorry I lied to you, but once I started I didn’t know how to stop.”

He exhaled, his chest collapsing several inches.

“I’d never been on a picnic because no one ever took me on one.”

He kept his eyes on me and stayed still.

“I can’t swim cause no one ever cared enough to teach me.”

He looked down at the table in front of us.

“I used to play my keyboard with the power off because it was usually in my best interest not to be seen or heard.”

He swallowed.

“And I’m nervous around Sophie because I have no idea what it’s like to be a happy kid, to feel safe- to actually be safe.”

He looked back up at me.

“I’ve been afraid my whole life.”

The flame from the tea light on the table flickered in his dark eyes.

I swallowed. “That’s why I push people away.

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