The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Author:Jennifer Lynn Barnes [Barnes, Jennifer Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780759557635
Google: reEMEAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B08QHWRPJ8
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2021-09-06T23:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 46
That night, a little after midnight, Max nudged me awake.
âWhat is it?â I blinked at her, and after a few secondsâ delay, my fight-or-flight instincts kicked in. âIs everything okay?â
âEverythingâs fine,â Max told me. She smiled wickedly. âVery fine.â She nudged me again. âJameson Hawthorne is in the hot tub.â
I narrowed my eyes at her, then rolled over in bed and pulled the covers over my head.
She pulled them back down. âDid you hear me? Jameson Hawthorne is in the hot tub. This is a DEFCON-faxing-one situation.â
âWhat is it with you and Jameson?â I asked.
âWhat is it with you and Jameson?â Max retorted.
For reasons I couldnât begin to explain, I didnât toss her out of my bed. I answered her question. âHe doesnât want me,â I told Max. âNot really. He wants the mystery. He wants to keep me close until he can use me. Iâm a part of the puzzle to him.â
âButâ¦,â Max prompted, âwould you like to be used by him?â
I thought about Jameson: the way his eyes gleamed when he knew something I didnât, the crook of his smile, the way heâd covered my body with his when gunshots went off in the Black Woodâand later cupped my face with his hands when the sound of fireworks sent me plunging into dark memories. The annoying way he called me Heiress. Golfing on the rooftop. My body clinging to his on the back of a motorcycle. The exact tilt of his lips when heâd told me to play it safeâfor now.
âYou like him.â Max sounded way too satisfied with herself.
âI might like the way I feel when Iâm with him.â I chose my wording very carefully. âBut itâs not that simple.â
âBecause of Grayson.â
I stared at the ceiling and flashed back to the ski lift. âWeâre friends.â
âNo,â Max corrected. âYou and I are friends. Grayson is the physical manifestation of your avoidant attachment style. He wonât let himself want you. You donât want to want to be wanted. Everybody stays at armâs length. Nobody gets hurt, and nobody gets any.â
Max gave me her most aggrieved best friend look.
âWhy do you care?â I asked her. âSince when are you this invested in my love life?â
âLack of,â Max corrected, and then she shrugged. âMy life has exploded. My parents wonât take my calls. They wonât let my brother talk to me, either. Youâre all I have right now, Ave. I want you to be happy.â
âYou tried calling your parents?â I didnât want to push her too hard, but I did want to be there for her.
Max looked down. âThatâs not the point. The point is, Jameson Hawthorne is in the hot tub.â She crossed her arms over her chest. âSo what are you going to do about it?â
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