The Girl in the Middle by Lizzie Lynn Lee

Author:Lizzie Lynn Lee [Lee, Lizzie Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Erotic Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
Published: 2014-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Emma hid in the janitor’s closet with a box of chocolates. She curled between the industrial-size bucket mop and a huge container of disinfectant. The closet was dark, but the faint light that filtered through the crack of the door was enough to see her surroundings. Her shift had ended an hour ago, but she hadn’t wanted to go home yet. Instead, she’d chosen to hide in her favorite place. She’d wanted to go to the rooftop earlier, but someone—actually, a pair of lovers—had beaten her to it. The janitor’s closet was nice when she needed to think. She didn’t want to face Lucian and Brennan.

This morning they had arrived unannounced and demanded she choose between them. She couldn’t choose. They were both wonderful. Lucian was a wicked lover. He’d introduced her to many shades of pleasure and more delights than she’d ever imagined before. And when she was with Brennan, he brought her a sense of serenity she realized she deeply craved in her life.

She tore open the box of candy and munched on the cherry cordials. Chocolate soothed her whenever she felt anxious. Emma closed her eyes and drew in a deep breath. Three days ago, she’d been a normal divorcée with a boring life and a pretty good idea on how she’d spend the rest of it. Work until she retired, then become a cat lady and a book junkie until she died. Now, she didn’t know what to do. Lucian and Brennan had turned her world upside down. Not only could she not choose, she was afraid to. The prospect of spending the rest of her life with an immortal creeped her out. Thirty years from now, Lucian or Brennan would look exactly the same, while she would have sagged and aged. That just wasn’t fair for them. They deserved better.

Emma’s thoughts spun as she thought of a way to break the news to them. Would they get mad? She hoped not. A pissed off demon or fallen angel sounded like bad news. Emma shoved another cherry cordial into her mouth.

* * * *

“We scared her.” Brennan told Lucian what had been bothering him since his date with Emma.

They stood under the billboard on top of a warehouse loft across from Sunshine Tower. From there, they could see the balcony of Emma’s apartment and the busy street below. She had just gotten home from work, but her place was dark and the curtains were drawn. It seemed she didn’t want anybody to know she was home.

His friend’s face was like stone. “I know that. I think we messed her up.”

“She can’t choose, and it’s eating her alive.”

Lucian turned to him. “I don’t want to lose her. I need her.”

“She bears my mark.”

“She’s not yours to own, she has free will.”

Brenn had known Lucian before he’d been outcast for rebelling against Heaven. Lucifer had taken Lucian under his wing and had made him one of the kings of Hell. When Heaven had stripped Brenn of his Grace and cast him to Earth, he’d crossed paths with Lucian once in a while.

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