Since Drew by J. Nathan

Author:J. Nathan [Nathan, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Goodreads: 22709310
Publisher: J. Nathan
Published: 2015-04-22T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

“My parents never show up here until after Memorial Day.” Drew unscrewed a bottle of soda and handed it to me on the patio lounge chair where he’d left me moments before.

“You got any rum?” I needed something strong to get me through whatever this was.

“That won’t help you on your crutches,” he advised, like the PT he endeavored to be.

“I think you’re forgetting you left my crutches inside after kidnapping me.”

He looked at me with a small smile on his face. “I didn’t kidnap you.”

I glanced to my bare legs. “Taking my crutches and boot ensures I can’t go anywhere. That constitutes kidnapping.”

His laughter was the only response I got.

I looked out at his family’s private beach stretched out before us. The ocean air mixing with the sweet smell of sand brought me back to days when I could run along the coast truly consumed by it. Today, the waves crashed roughly on the shore with the impending storm. Much like the current state of my thrashing heart.

Why was I here?

As if he hadn’t made a startling enough confession minutes before, he sat down on the chair beside me. I tried ignoring the questions itching to burst out of me by focusing on the waves, but when he reached over his shoulder and tugged his T-shirt over his head, the pull to peek at the deep ridges and ripples in his abs as he lay back overwhelmed me.

Hey. He might’ve been an ass, but he was still drop dead gorgeous.

I tried refocusing. “I can’t believe you don’t like coming here.”

“Who said I don’t?”

Shit.

My eyes cut to his. “I just assumed…I mean, I’ve never seen you around here.”

“If you knew my parents, you’d understand.”

“Oh, I think I got a pretty good impression of them.”

He snickered. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone stand up to my dad the way you did.”

I sipped my soda behind a grin. “He should’ve been nice to you. Then he would’ve gotten the sweet Andi.”

He grinned. “What fun would that have been?”

I shrugged, trying not to be lured in by his killer smile. “So, has he always been like that?”

“When business is doing well, he’s everyone’s best friend. When it’s not, you want to steer clear of him. I spent the majority of my life steering clear of him.”

My lips twisted regrettably. Not everyone was lucky enough to have parents like mine.

“You’re probably not going to believe this, but growing up, I was a real screw-up. A total loose cannon. If I wasn’t getting suspended for fights at school, I was being hauled in by the cops for disorderly conduct.”

“Can’t say I’m really surprised.”

I could hear his soft snicker before he continued. “I needed something. A way to let off steam. To get out the anger created by my father—a man whose pockets were never as fat as his desire to be wealthy. At any cost. But the very thing I never wanted to be—the bitter, careless, angry person I loathed—was the very thing I was becoming.

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