She Loves Me Not by Ember Flint

Author:Ember Flint [Flint, Ember]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ember Flint
Published: 2023-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

Devon

I wake up with a start when I feel her bolting upright in bed.

“Lynn,” I call her gently, reaching for her shoulders. “Love, are you alright?”

She shakes her head, and all of a sudden, there are tears in her eyes, and I feel an invisible hand squeezing my heart. "Oh, no! Please, baby, please don't cry!"

What am I saying?

Of course, she is crying!

She can only remember sparse details from last night. She is here, in my bed, and doesn't even know why.

I had thought she was okay with it, all things considered, and that she was just confused but no longer upset.

And now this?

She is in tears because of me.

I can’t stand this.

"Please, love, calm down. Please stop crying. You're killing me."

My words only make her cry even more, and I can't really blame her.

God, I’ve ruined everything!

I destroyed my only chance with her, my only shot at happiness.

I would have never allowed for things to get to this point if I had realized she was that drunk last night, but she was perfectly lucid and rational the whole night while we talked!

I turn around, giving her my back. I can't face her. My God, I managed to take advantage of her not once, but several times and today again?

How does one apologize for such a thing?

Is it even possible?

I've lost her. I've just lost her. Just when it finally looked like I had her, I lost her, and I love her so much!

What am I going to do?

My shoulders slump, and I feel my vision blur. “I’m sorry, love. I’m so sorry,” I murmur. I don’t even know if she can hear me.

Then I feel her tiny, cool hand on my back. “Devon…”

I just freeze, not moving a muscle.

“Devon, look at me.”

I sigh, shaking my head. I can’t bring myself to turn around, not if she hates me as much as I think she does right now.

“I know what you are thinking. Don’t you dare go there, all right!”

“But—”

“No!” she pulls me by the arm until we are facing again.

I gulp down and force myself to look into her beautiful eyes. "I… I am so sorry, Lynn. I swear to you, I… I would have never done anything if I had thought… I mean, yes, you were a little tipsy last night. So was I... but I never thought you were that far gone. And today I—"

She shakes her head and reaches for me, shushing me with a finger on my lips. "You don't need to swear anything to me, and don't you dare apologize for this morning. I might have thought you several kinds of bastards all in one neat package all these years, but that particular kind of bastard is not in you. It is perfectly obvious that I was more than willing last night, and today I could have stopped you, but I didn't. I did not want to."

"And why is that?" I ask in a whisper. Part of me is fucking terrified to hear her answer.

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