Stepbrother Anonymous by Aria Cole

Author:Aria Cole [Cole, Aria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-19T16:00:00+00:00

Eight

Hudson

I charged out of the doors after her, the only thing running through my head: catch her.

I couldn’t let her get away; I couldn't let this be our last moment. We’d shared too much, felt too much, loved too much.

If I could cut and run on the business and move up here to shack up with her tomorrow, I would. But it wasn't that simple.

I’d had the custom paint shop for almost a decade now, and business was better than ever. It’d take me at least a few months to close things out in the city, get a place rented or purchased up here, and have everything moved. Just thinking about it made my chest ache.

I caught sight of her, waves of auburn hair whipping in the wind as she sped to her car.

Fuck.

I ran full tilt after her, catching her only when she had a hand on the door and was ready to climb in.

“Fuck, you run fast in those heels.” I sucked in a breath of air.

“It’s a talent. I’m going to go home. I'm sorry, it’s just best if we let this end…”

I swallowed the baseball lodged in my throat, fingers tightening on her elbow as I pulled us together. “Don’t say that.”

“I can’t figure out how to do this. Did you see the looks my dad was giving me? I thought he was going to have a coronary, I’m sorry, but for them, we can't do this.”

“For them? For them! What about us, Sky? What about the fact that you make me feel happier than I’ve ever been, that you make me feel alive for the first time? My mom spent my whole life dragging me around from husband to husband. I don’t have much faith in relationships, and frankly, never have, but you and I are different. It didn’t take me long to see that at all.”

“I know, but, Hudson, it will crush them. My dad has spent his whole life building a business, building a reputation in this community—”

“And you think we ruin that?” He laughed, a hard edge to his words.

“No, but…I don’t know.” I finally gave in, realizing that was the whole problem with this scenario; I didn't know what the future held.

“I won’t beg you to love me, Skylar.” He shook his head, eyes holding mine as they shimmered with emotion. “You’ve got my number. I hope you use it.”

My heart thundered, my palms sweating, and tears burned trails down my cheeks as I watched him walk away.

But I stood rooted, speechless, knowing it was the best thing.

I couldn’t break my daddy's heart. I was his only daughter; he wanted to walk me down the aisle someday—and not to give me away to my stepbrother.

Hudson slung one leg over his Harley, the contrast of the handsome guy in the sharp suit on the big bike just one of the contradictions I’d come to love about him. The gauge in his ear was the only outward indication he didn’t quite fit in with these people.

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