Swallow Your Pride: A Forbidden Age Gap Romance (The Carlson Brothers) by Sarah Blue
Author:Sarah Blue [Blue, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-15T16:00:00+00:00
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SUPPLY CLOSETS ARE FOR BREAKDOWNS
Aiden kissed me goodbye before he left early to get changed before work, and I canât deny Iâm so close to just saying fuck it and telling the office.
At least, that was before I ran into Zach. Iâm picking the copies I dropped from our run in as he stares down at me. He doesnât offer to help me pick them up; he just looks down at me with disgust.
Once I have them all picked up and clutched against my chest, I blink up at him. âZach, can we talk?â
âFine,â he says sharply. He leads the way to the room we call the bubble, because itâs a conference room with all glass. We both sit down, and he glares at me. âOkay, talk.â
I clear my throat and look at him. âI can understand you not trusting me, or maybe me reminding you of your dad and him being dishonest. But Iâve never done anything personally to you.â
He scoffs and shakes his head but doesnât speak.
âI canât be held accountable for just being born. You do realize you had a father, right? That I had only met him twice. Youâre the one who had a mom and a dad who loved you and gave you everything. I know youâre bitter about the shares, but donât you realize that out of the two of us you are the one who won here?â
âIâm bitter?â He laughs again. âNo, Iâm fucking angry. Iâm angry at my dad for sleeping with your whore of a mother and hurting my mom. Iâm mad that he didnât just fucking die taking his dirty secret to the grave. Iâm pissed that youâre constantly here and in my face, a constant reminder that my dadâs a liar and a cheater. You ruined my dadâs fucking memory, and I hate you, Jessa. Weâre never going to be friends, half-siblings, fuck, I donât even want you to be my co-worker. Your mom should have had an abortion and saved us all from this massive fucking headache.â He doesnât even falter as he spews all this hatred at me. I do a good job of breathing and holding it in.
âI expect you wonât ask me for a little chat again,â he says, standing up and leaving the office. Itâs early, and the office is still relatively empty. Still, this is basically like getting a front row seat to my breakdown if I stay in this conference room. I donât know how, but I hold it together until I open the supply closet and shut the door behind me.
I slowly sag down the wall and wrap my arms around my legs and rest my face in my knees as the tears finally come.
They arenât tears just for the horrific words Zach spewed at me but for my own grief. The mother I never really mourned, the father I never got to know, and the brother Iâll never have. Iâve never felt more alone than I do at this moment.
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